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Hi, just to clarify, is "Engg" a shorthand for "Engineering"? I've never seen that form used before ... usually just "Eng" suffices ...

• adityab 9y ago
  Rather common in Indian English from what I've seen.
  • rusk 9y ago
    Ah! That explains it thanks!
  • fb03 9y ago
    Question: Is it Engg because it is suppressing the middle characters of the word, like Eng...g ? That's really amusing from my perspective (having lived in an Asian country) because for us Westerns, most abbreviations come from using the first few characters of a word. I've seen the same pattern in Japanese: The word "OSU", which people usually conjure to salute each other in the morning or as they enter a dojo or fight, is actually an abbreviation of "Ohayou Gozaimasu", built in the same way as I imagine the Indian English's "Engg" was built: Taking only the first and the last parts of the term. O(hayou gozaima)SU.
    • ndh2 9y ago
      i18n = internationalization l10n = localization
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• nindalf 9y ago
  I've seen both shorthands used.
  • walshemj 9y ago
    I have not see the longer form