The trend of SH or
short-hand writing means the way of shortening the words. Writing words in
short forms, be it a universally accepted 'shortcuts' or individually created,
the trend of using them is mushrooming day by day.
Initially, it was used
by professionals, especially journalists while reporting for new, in order to
save time. Writing in short hand helped then jot down more information in short
period of time. It was also useful for saving the story from being copied as
most of the people had their own short hand words which would be difficult for
others to understand.
However, nowadays, it
has become a common thing for everyone. Especially with the advent of internet,
emails and cell phones, people tend to use short hand rather than complete
words in order to save time and space. Moreover, the 'chatting' culture has
played a vital role in promoting SH trend.
Most of the newspaper
and magazines started using the universally or at least locally accepted
shortcuts to save space. For eg., UNICEF, WHO, UNMIN, NRB, NEA, etc. Gradually,
people started using shortcuts in their notes as well (govt. for Government,
popln for population, etc.).
The internet and SMS
system further promoted this culture and the trend of using only the initials
of the words for two or more words (like TG for Thank God, TY for Thank You, TC
for take care, WC for welcome, BTW for by the way and so on).
Be it professionals or
non-professionals, we find all of them using short hands for communicating with
others and most of the time, within their own circle. As most of the groups
have their own SHs for some words, others might not understand it at first
glance. Nevertheless, everyone using it at some point would gradually be able
to understand that. No matter wherever you go, you could never get away with
SH.
