Scribal abbreviation by "contraction" and was mostly a Christian usage for sacred words, Nomina Sacra; non-Christian sigla usage usually limited the number of letters the abbreviation comprised and omitted no intermediate letter. One practice was rendering an overused, formulaic phrase only as a siglum: DM for "Dis Manibus" ("Dedicated to the Manes"); IHS from the first three letters of "ΙΗΣΟΥΣ"; and RIP for "requiescat in pace" ("Rest in Peace") because the long-form written usage of the abbreviated phrase, by itself, was rare. According to Trabe, these abbreviations are not really meant to lighten the burden of the scribe but rather to shroud
Latin rock as a sub-department of National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Also in 2000 the Latin Grammy Awards were created. Thus, a great part of the English media started to refer any kind of music featuring Spanish vocals as "Latin music". This term achieved a great success in some Latin American countries, where some of their regional press started to use the new terminology. This phenomenon spread the use of the "latin rock" term with a completely different meaning of the original one. This lead into a controversy and confusion in the population. Latin rock Latin rock is a term