abbreviations

[Joubert]

I followed the instructions at the bottom of the page 

http://www.acm.caltech.edu/~astern/

but I don't see my abbreviations autocompleting or anything at all for 
that matter.

my ctrl -h v load-path returns:

Its value is 
("/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex" "/usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/
dictionaries-common" "/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/autoconf" "/etc/emacs22" 
"/etc/emacs" "/usr/local/share/emacs/22.1/site-lisp" "/usr/local/share/
emacs/site-lisp" "/usr/share/emacs/22.1/site-lisp" "/usr/share/emacs/22.1/
site-lisp/auctex" "/usr/share/emacs/22.1/site-lisp/dictionaries-common" "/
usr/share/emacs/site-lisp" "/usr/share/emacs/22.1/leim" "/usr/share/
emacs/22.1/lisp" "/usr/share/emacs/22.1/lisp/url" "/usr/share/emacs/22.1/
lisp/textmodes" "/usr/share/emacs/22.1/lisp/progmodes" "/usr/share/
emacs/22.1/lisp/play" "/usr/share/emacs/22.1/lisp/obsolete" "/usr/share/
emacs/22.1/lisp/net" "/usr/share/emacs/22.1/lisp/mh-e" "/usr/share/
emacs/22.1/lisp/mail" "/usr/share/emacs/22.1/lisp/language" "/usr/share/
emacs/22.1/lisp/international" "/usr/share/emacs/22.1/lisp/gnus" "/usr/
share/emacs/22.1/lisp/eshell" "/usr/share/emacs/22.1/lisp/erc" "/usr/
share/emacs/22.1/lisp/emulation" "/usr/share/emacs/22.1/lisp/emacs-lisp" 
"/usr/share/emacs/22.1/lisp/calendar" "/usr/share/emacs/22.1/lisp/calc" "/
usr/share/emacs/22.1/leim")

Can anybody tell me where I should put the abbrev.el file or what is the 
problem?