In addition there are some middle clipped words; flu.

除此之外还有一些其他的保留中间音节的缩略词，比如flu是influenza的缩略。

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Most of technical terms in computer English are formed by giving new meaning to common words, creating new lexis and adopting technical phrases including many initialisms and clipped words.

计算机英语的专业术语主要通过旧词新义、新创词、缩略词等途径组成，同时采用了较多的专业词组。

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The academic opinions about Chinese clipped words always conflict with language practice. The Reason is that the opinions lack both the essential knowledge and scientific definition of clipped words.

对汉语缩略词语的批评，往往与语言实践相矛盾，原因是这种批评缺乏对缩略本质的了解，缺乏对缩略这种现象的科学界定。

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But many of my calls had some slight echo effect or occasional clipped words, despite a recent software update intended to fix the problem.

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