Re: Abbreviation site


"Mike Clark" <mclark@xxxxxxxxxx> a écrit dans le message de
news:435e9de1$0$24644$4fafbaef@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Can any kind soul point me to a reliable web site with UK and US
> abbreviation rules..... some bright person has decided to suggest one of
my
> clients that the abbreviation for telephone is ph, not tel.
> TIA
> Mike Clark
>
>
As an EN>FR translator, as far as I recall, in approx. 10 years I have never
seen "ph" in US/UK letterheads as an abbreviation for telephone. As a matter
of fact, first I even wondered what it standed for in your post!

HTH a little,


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Gabrielle Allemand-Mostefaï
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