your board allows abbreviations of metals and nouns

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. stop it
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What is the expected output? What do you see instead?


What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?


Please provide any additional information below.


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Original issue reported on code.google.com by `krisbeac...@gmail.com` on 30 Jun 2013 at 1:02
