[Corpora-List] List / Corpus of clipped forms

[Denis Jamet]

Dear linguists,

    I am looking for a list of clipped forms in English (such as VET for VETERINARY SURGEON, PHONE for TELEPHONE, COMBO for COMBINATION, etc.) to carry out a statistical study concerning the frequency of use of the clipped forms and the "original" forms.

    Has anyone heard of such a list or of such a corpus?

Thanks a lot.

Best regards,

Denis Jamet

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Denis Jamet
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