The Trend of SH

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.