Re: Illiteracy in America

From: LEE Sau Dan (danlee_at_informatik.uni-freiburg.de)
Date: 10/02/04 

Date: 02 Oct 2004 23:20:57 +0200

>>>>> "Paul" == Paul J Kriha <paul.nospam.kriha@paradise.net.nz> writes:

    Paul> Not far away from where I am at this moment is the sign "TRN
    Paul> XING". That might be even less intuitive than "ped
    Paul> xing". When you get closer and the big lights start
    Paul> flashing, horns start blowing, and you see a goods train
    Paul> crossing the road, you then hit the brakes real hard. Next
    Paul> time you see "TRN XING" you let the Pavlovian reflexes do
    Paul> the job for you.

What's the point of using "TRN" instead of "TRAIN"? I can see why the
contraction "PED" is used. But "TRN"? What's the point? 

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