The Short of It

Abstract

It is a moot point whether people use abbreviations in speaking and writing in order to save time or in order to have more time to waste; but there are good grounds for thinking that, in one form or another, abbreviations are very nearly as old as language itself.

Citation

HAYMON, S. (1957), "The Short of It", Library Review, Vol. 16 No. 3, pp. 165-169. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb012273