On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 12:48:34 -0800 <bart at solozone.com> wrote: > bart at solozone.com writes > > ;;Here is alist of frequent short words in American > ;usage. Note the US but not UK usage uses dots (periods, 'full stops'.) > ;I do not know British Air rank abbrs. Actual US militry usage internally > ;is, e. g. "MGEN Brasshat." They put this on the entrances to their bases > ;also on their official lists. There are many enlisted ranks. > ; Consult also CHICAGO MANUAL OF STYLE 14th ed. Ch. 14, p. 459ff. > ; query: what about TRAILING honorifics e.g., "Prof. John Q. Smith, Jnr., > M.D., F.R.S., > ;F.R.C.P." and such like? > ; > Pfc. > Cpl. > Sgt. > S. Sgt. > M. Sgt. > 1st. Lt. > 2nd. Lt. > Lt. > Capt. > Maj. > Lt. Col. > Col. > Brig. Gen. > Maj. Gen. > Lt. Gen. > Gen. > Ens. > Lt. (jg) > Lt. Cmdr. > Cmdr. > R. Adm. > V. Adm. > Adm. > Secy. > Asst. Secy. > Sup. ;"Supervisor of USA City or County" > Supv. ; do. [="ditto"] > Sen. > Rep. > Lt. Gov. > Gov. > Pres. > Asst. Prof. > Assoc. Prof. > Fr. > Msgr. > Abp. ; Archbishop (R. C .C usage) > Card. ; Cardinal (inverted usage e.g., "F[rancis]. Card. Spellman, Abp., N. > Y., 1946-")
Thanks for the reference, you may wish to look at http://www.yarpen.cz/scribus-short-words/scribus-short-words.rc You will see the format there and add your own (above) definitions You might even like to start a new language, American. Then we wont have "English" wars Owen > > > _______________________________________________ > Scribus mailing list > Scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de > http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/mailman/listinfo/scribus > -- Owen
