[Heinz Mueller]

On Mon, 23 Aug 1999 23:07:08 -0700 (PDT), Bernhard E Krevet wrote:

> Boy, I should be glad there is no German spellchecking yet - or how 
> would you abbreviate 'Dampfschiffahrtsgesellschaftskaptit=E4nsanw=E4rt=
er"?
Ganz einfach DSGKA oder DDSGKA f=FCr
Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaftskaptit=E4nsanw=E4rter :-)
> 
> ;-()
> 
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> On Tue, 24 Aug 1999 00:07:37 +0100 (BST), Paul Ratcliffe wrote:
> >On Mon, 23 Aug 1999 11:30:36 -0700, Steve Lamb wrote:
> >
> >>> How come 'fridge' is not in my spelling checker?
> >>
> >>    Maybe because "fridge" is slang?
> >
> >Hardly. It might be an abbreviation, but it isn't slang. And it is 
> such 
> >a common word these days, that the longer form has almost passed into=
 
> >history.
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