Abbreviations
Do u feel lazy when it comes to writing? Well, shortening some common words may help u a bit.
Some clarifications
- Languages represent people's culture and pride. Complaining and modifying languages on one's own may be considered disrespectful.
- It's not always good for a word to be short. Long words also have benefits. For instance, we can still understand them even if we pronounce or write them inaccurately.
Effects of using abbreviations
- Save time.
- Save energy.
- Save paper.
- Save ink.
- Stand out from others.
- Look cool.
Below are the abbreviations I often use in my personal diary.
1st round
| Original | Short | Thoughts |
| you | u | The 1st-person pronoun 'I' is 1 letter (1L); thus, 'you' should be 1L too. |
| your | ur | |
| are | r | |
| the | þ (th) | The article 'a' is 1L; thus, 'the' should be 1L too. Omit the letter "e" & use the "thorn" letter. |
| and | n / & | Everybody pronounces this as just "n" or "an"; thus, it's nonsensical to write "and." Eg. Rock n Roll. |
| should | shd | Found in Merriam-Webster dictionary. |
| them | em | Eg. Hold'em |
| somebody | sb | Often seen in dictionaries. |
| something | sth | |
| people | ppl |
The kanji for person/people is "人". Admire how simple it is, with only 2 strokes. personality -> psnality |
| person | psn | |
| with | w/ | Very common. Eg. within -> w/in |
| without | w/o | |
| please | pls | Also spelled plz. |
| because | cuz | |
| about | abt | |
| through | thru | |
| really | rly | |
| before | b4 | |
| forward | fwd | E-mails. |
| family | fam | |
| favorite | fave | |
| year | yr | |
| hour | hr |
2nd round
| Original | Short | Thoughts |
| someone | s1 | |
| everyone | e1 | |
| anyone | a1 | |
| nobody | nb | I don't really like "no one" (n1) for some reason. |
| everything | eth | Found in a Reddit post. |
| anything | ath | |
| nothing | nth | |
| somewhere | sw | |
| every day | e/d | |
| between | b/w | |
| month | mth | |
| clothes | cloz | |
| daughter | daudr | |
| instead | i/ | |
| again | agn | |
| business | biz | |
| experience | exp | Often seen in games. |
| character | char | Engineering. |
| usually | usu | |
| sentence | sen | Grammar. |
| professor | prof | |
| opportunity | opp | |
| professional | pro | |
| community | com | |
| generation | gen | |
| relationship | rela | |
| average | avg | |
| background | bg | Engineering. |
| education | edu | |
| tomorrow | tom | |
| yesterday | yday | |
| birthday | bday |
I omitted very common ones such as months, days, directions, & measure units.
Now, many words are shortened to 2 or 3 letters. Technically, we can assign a word to each of 676 combinations of 2 letters. If we managed to remember all of them, our writing would be much effective. Somebody already tried this & established a method: Yublin shorthand