I ran across the phrase ブレスト (bu-re-su-to) in a thread today, and thought "huh?" According to the dictionary, it's an abbreviation for brainstorming (brai-sto)!
That would never have occurred to me, but it's quite natural to abbreviate things in this way in Japanese.
2 comments:
I totally understand your feeling!! I'm often asked about abbreviation from my non-Japanese co-workers, such as ゴゴイチ, リスケ, and so on. :)
ah, リスケ took me a while to understand!
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