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Posted by Jukka K. Korpela on 11/15/35 11:45
nice.guy.nige wrote:
> From the Merriam-Webster definition for "Abbreviation": "a shortened form of
> a written word or phrase used in place of the whole "
> (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/abbreviation), so how would you
> class "USD" (a shorterned form of the phrase "United States Dollars") as not
> an abbreviation???
A code. That's how it has been defined and named. It is by definition
language-independent. It is used, in certain specific situations, in
place of the name of the currency, such as "Yhdysvaltain dollari". Its
origin is of etymological interest only.
> This will work as long as the GBP symbol doesn't appear as a #, as it so
> often does in places other than here (the UK).
I don't think that's common these days; the confusion between # and £
seems to be UK-specific. In any case, in HTML authoring, you can avoid
any such confusion by using the entity reference £.
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