Posted by Chris F.A. Johnson on 06/04/07 00:49

On 2007-06-03, dorayme wrote:
> In article <77obj4-aau.ln1@xword.teksavvy.com>,
> "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2007-06-01, rf wrote:
>> >
>> > How does "search" condense to "src"?
>>
>> In exactly the same way that "source" does: remove the 2nd, 3rd and
>> 6th letters.
>
> Indeed, that is what I have always assumed.

Of course, the reduction to 'src' can also be accomplished by the
more standard removal of vowels. With 'search', that leaves
'srch', which is the more common abbreviation.

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Chris F.A. Johnson <http://cfaj.freeshell.org>
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