Posted By: Hamamelis on 2007-02-01
In Reply to: Expanders. sm - GoGranny
GoGranny, most of a report is Webster's words, so my ambition is to develop an abbreviation for darn near everything by making multiple uses of the available keys. For some examples: Most non-letter keys can be used in abbreviations, and in different locations they can have different functions. For instance, I'm using / at the end of an abbreviation for a verb or phrase to throw it into past tense. / at the beginning indicates a formal capped form, like "Assisted Living Facility." I don't put them in the middle yet, but that's a possibility for the future. Few words end with letters like V, J, and so on, making them great abbreviations for suffixes, like J for -ation at the end of many dozens of words. Even fewer start or end with doubled letters, making yy nicely workable for -ology (gastroenterology: geyy). Also, "mi" is MI but "mii" is myocardial infarction, just as gerd is GERD and gerdd is gastroesophageal reflux diseas (that's a particularly nice system since your finger's already there). Less commonly used letters have less chance of conflict down the road, so for "suture" I never even considered using t or r, but went straight to "suu", suug, suud, suus for that one. We're often advised to not use single keys for abbreviations but I use almost all of mine for very frequent words, V for very, B for but, T for the, D for and, F for for, and so on. A / in front of a single letter is that letter capitalized so that /r types as R. And so on and on.
Hope this gives you some ideas. Some people have come up with very clever and carefully thought out systems that can be copied, which I would recommend; mine just sort of happened piecemeal. Best wishes.
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