Abbr is an abbreviation, not a contraction
a contraction is when two words are merged such as 'its' or 'they're'.
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Northern Lovely,
Fri 12 Aug 2005, 15:38,
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("it's")
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Fri 12 Aug 2005, 15:41,
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or 'their'
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mrlogic is copying your beard,
Fri 12 Aug 2005, 15:45,
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Quite.
(Also, "merged" words are portmanteaus, not contractions. And pedancy isn't what it used to be.)
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Fri 12 Aug 2005, 15:51,
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but then
BBC is not an abbreviation as it is not abbreviating "British Broadcasting Company".
That would be something like "BritBroCo", um, or some such.
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Fri 12 Aug 2005, 15:44,
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