Well . . .
in reply to a message by LMS
Travelling was one reason, but there were plenty of others (particularly since wagon trains are specific to your country whereas the abbreviations happened everywhere).Small forms etc were one reason for the abbreviations, but I've seen them used for other reasons too.
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"Fco." is an abbreviation for Francisco?  ·  ירד  ·  1/14/2008, 9:19 PM
Re: "Fco." is an abbreviation for Francisco?  ·  Chrisell  ·  1/14/2008, 10:00 PM
Re: "Fco." is an abbreviation for Francisco?  ·  LMS  ·  1/17/2008, 2:21 PM
Well . . .  ·  Chrisell  ·  1/20/2008, 4:50 AM
Re: "Fco." is an abbreviation for Francisco?  ·  ירד  ·  1/18/2008, 3:09 AM
Re: "Fco." is an abbreviation for Francisco?  ·  ירד  ·  1/14/2008, 10:05 PM