SnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-24 days agoWhat is the point of abbreviations for short words when they do not reduce times significantly when you type?message-squaremessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up122arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the point of abbreviations for short words when they do not reduce times significantly when you type?SnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-24 days agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-text
Are they not just from old habits stemming from old tech that had memory and space limitations and are no longer necessary?
minus-squarekluczyczka (she/her)@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·4 days agoas a non-native i use tho to rebel against english orthography a bit, and because its faster – just like i side with the belgians and say septant instead of soixante-dix; or as i side with the saxons finding drei-viertel-zehn more convincing. non standard lingo ftw! :)
minus-squareComfortableRaspberry@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-24 days agoI rarely say this, the Saxons are right!
as a non-native i use tho to rebel against english orthography a bit, and because its faster – just like i side with the belgians and say septant instead of soixante-dix; or as i side with the saxons finding drei-viertel-zehn more convincing.
non standard lingo ftw! :)
I rarely say this, the Saxons are right!