Everything about Speedwriting totally explained
| Symbol/Letter |
Word |
| . | the
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| · | a
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| + | and
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| v | of, have, or very
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| f | for, if
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| b | by, bye, or buy
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| r | are, re-
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| u | you(r)
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| s | is
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| k | can
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| t | it
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| underline last letter | -ing
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| overline last letter | -ed
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| - | -ment
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| a | -ate
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| j | -tion
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Speedwriting is a
shorthand writing system developed in
1924 by
Emma Dearborn, an instructor at the
University of Chicago. It uses
alphabetic characters and was originally designed so that it could be written by pen, or on a
typewriter.
Speedwriting is phonetic with a ‘k’ used for a hard c, ‘C’ for ‘ch’, ‘j’ for ‘g’ in ‘age’. It condenses words by omitting silent letters and only writing long
vowels, and initial short vowels. Sentences are ended with ‘’ and a ‘/’ is used for omitted syllables. There are other abbreviating devices, including capitalisation, and the use of punctuation marks to denote combinations of sounds. It uses around 100 abbreviations for common words and
suffixes.
Speedwriting uses a stylized script made in 1942 for faster handwriting, in which the ‘t’ is uncrossed (l is looped to distinguish them), ‘i’ isn't dotted, ‘m’ is a simple curve like a stretched ‘n’ and 'w' is also a simple curve like a stretched 'u'.
Speedwriting is more than twice as fast as longhand, due to using half the letters, but it's nowhere near as fast as symbolic
shorthand systems. Speeds of up to 120 words a minute are possible for short periods of time, with speeds of 80 words a minute being regularly attained. It is therefore more useful for someone wanting a simple system to speed up handwritten note taking than for reporting.
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