[thaumasiotes]

> you wouldn't believe how many people cite that paper as "Wulf et al." when that's practically more characters than saying "Wulf and McKee"

    Wulf et al.
    Wulf and McKee

35% less isn't usually described as "practically more".

It'd be interesting to see someone use the unabbreviated form; I have a hunch they wouldn't know to say "et alia".

[tomjakubowski]

How did you arrive at 35% less? The first is 11 characters, the second is 14, and 3/14 is 21%.

[thaumasiotes]

That is a good question. As you say, it's 21%. I had the 11 and the 14 correct; I don't remember how I got 35%.