Arbitrary abbreviations in phobos considered ridiculous

[Nick Sabalausky]

"Marco Leise" <Marco.Leise at gmx.de> wrote in message 
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> Am 07.03.2012, 15:17 Uhr, schrieb Marco Leise <Marco.Leise at gmx.de>:
>
>> Am 07.03.2012, 07:17 Uhr, schrieb Daniel Murphy 
>> <yebblies at nospamgmail.com>:
>>
>>> "Derek" <ddparnell at bigpond.com> wrote in message
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>>>> On Wed, 07 Mar 2012 03:38:09 +1100, Adam D. Ruppe
>>>> <destructionator at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Why aren't we using real words here? Real words are easier
>>>>> to remember and easier to type.
>>>>
>>>> Should we use American or English spelling? Color verses Colour, for
>>>> example?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Derek Parnell
>>>> Melbourne, Australia
>>>
>>> American.  Always.
>>
>> Whatever Java uses.
>
> Ok, that *was* a bad idea: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java#Languages

What, you don't think that'd be fun? :)