When

• Gun shot wound = 3 syllables, and
• GSW = 5 syllables

We abbreviate to shorten, not lengthen.

  • Rhoeri@piefed.worldOPEnglish
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    9 months ago

    So, what you’re saying is that the word “gun shot wound” would cause a panic…… in an ER.

    • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de
      1·
      9 months ago

      There are humans in an ER and humans are fucking stupid, so yes it could. The US is a silly place so people just instantly react to the word “gun” with thoughts of mass shootings.