> I was surprised that very short and frequent words topped this list, such as the -> t Having studied some shorthand, I'm not surprised in the least! There, t

> I was surprised that very short and frequent words topped this list, such as the -> t Having studied some shorthand, I'm not surprised in the least! There, the most frequent words tend to get single-symbol abbreviations. Common wisdom even says that much of the benefit from shorthand writing comes from these few one-symbol abbreviations.