Is is perhaps true that our notion of an abbreviation is idiosyncratic, compared to the more general meaning of the term, especially regarding the English language, where abbreviations are often defined as any type of shortened term, including acronyms ("MI - Myocardial Infarction"), shortened words or phrases (e.g., "pt - patient"), and symbols (e.g., "eth - ethanol") [ 45].
There is much hand-wringing these days about the decline of certain abilities in the digital age -- of memory, of extended reading, of writing without shortened words.
The shortened word cryptarithm now denotes mathematical problems usually calling for addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division and replacement of the digits by letters of the alphabet or some other symbols.
To illustrate, Einstein and McDaniel [11] shortened word lists on their working memory task for older vs. younger adults by one item to make them equally difficult but they did not succeed: older adults actually outperformed (significantly) younger adults.
In our context, we understand (German) abbreviations as being shortened words including a period character at the rightmost position, in contrast to acronyms which never include a period at their rightmost position.
An earlier study of Australians aged from 17to8585 revealed that older people are more likely to shorten words with an '"ie" or "o" sound – for example, "truck driver" becoming "truckie" and ambulance becoming "ambo".
Australians are known for shortening words and putting "-ie" on them: "barbie", "tinnie", and "sunnies" are just some examples.
Another source of sound change is the erosion of words as pronunciation gradually becomes increasingly indistinct and shortens words, leaving out syllables or sounds.
This will allow you to shorten words or even summarize phrases without losing their exact wording or meaning.
Also don't type and thru the arts,... but instead and through the arts,... Try to not shorten words.
While it may seem tempting to use text language to shorten words or to use abbreviations to cram in as much information as possible per tweet, that could simply create a crowding impression and send your followers off to a simpler tweet.
