you are viewing a single comment's thread.

view the rest of the comments →

[–]madcow-5 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Bud... No...

A more accurate comparison would be trying to abbreviate fireman as fire. Fire doesn't run into houses to save people. Or Snowshoe as snow. You don't put snow on your feet to help hike in the winter. They're totally different things.

[–]C3P0 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I see no issue with abbreviating fireman as fire., fi., or f. or showshoe as snow., sno., s., etc. The context tells the story. That's our disagreement. Happy new year's!