Nikolai Weibull wrote: > On 6/4/06, Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote: > >> Most do not seem to be typoes, depending on where you learned >> the language (XYZour vs XYZor; ok, Ok, and OK; ie vs i.e.). > > > Where do you write "ie" instead of "i.e."? > Mailing lists, online conversations, tech docs written in code editors... Compare with online'ish abbrevs (afaict, iirc, imo, fyi). > In Swedish, there has been a trend to remove dots from abbreviated > expressions, but it seems people are returning to use dots. > Personally, I find that dots make things a lot clearer. > Swedish has lots of abbreviations where one "part" of the abbreviation consists of multiple characters, like t.ex. When each character of the abbrev defines one complete word dots are just prettiness-noise, their presence or absence decided by the gravity of the meaning ("R.I.P." vs "ie"). Obviously, correctness never hurts but this is, on two accounts, punktknulleri. -- Andreas Ericsson andreas.ericsson@op5.se OP5 AB www.op5.se Tel: +46 8-230225 Fax: +46 8-230231 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.htmlReceived on Mon Jun 05 22:29:54 2006
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