Well, if you are fairly new in using shns you probably use the program MKWACT. If you've been trading shns for a long time you've probably used a program made be Softsound called Shorten for Windows (see http://www.softsound.com). I believe they came up with the compression scheme and later decided to give the compressed files the extension .shn. So, they named the program Shorten, they used the extension .shn, so it only made sense to me to refer to a shn file a "shorten." Additionally, there is a DOS based program used for compressing, decompressing, and verifying shns (which I still use because it's 10 times easier to use than MKWACT) called shortn32. Notice there is no "e"... perhaps a play on the word as to make it "shorter." Anyhow, you would most likely pronounce the name of that program "shorten thirty two" or something like that, so I've been calling shns "shortens" for as long as I've known them :) "Shin" never crossed my mind. The first time I had a conversation with someone about shns he referred to them as "shins" and I was totally freaked out. All I could think about was my legs and how I would get shin splints every time I ran the mile run in gym class in elementary school. I guess the only way to find out how to pronounce "shn" is to ask who first developed the compression scheme to see how he referred to the files in conversation. Anyone have some free time on their hands? BTW, a great way to stop shin splints is to stop running.
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