W'v ll rd ths rtcls whch sy t dsn't mttr wht rdr lttrs ppr n wrds s lng s th frst nd lst lttrs r n th crrct rdr, bt n tm n ths prgrmm tks ths frthr nd sys tht vwls r nncssry nd nly cnsnts r ssntl fr ndrstndng th wrttn wrd.

mst sy tht thr r mny wrds tht wld b ntllgble wtht vwls bcs thy'r nrly ll vwls nd cntn nly n r tw cnsnts. cn thnk of svrl, bt cn't wrt thm n ths pst !!!

Wht d y thnk?

BBC prgrmms nd Rl Plyr, whch cn b dwnldd frm hr (fr dwnld t bttm f pg - gnr th 14 dy fr trl t th tp).

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ntllgbl r nntllgbl?

Ppycck!!!

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Originally posted by aput:
ntllgbl r nntllgbl?

Mostly intelligible, but I found that there are words which mostly consist of vowels, like idea, that are impossible to fit into that notation.

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Originally posted by Asa Lovejoy:
Ppycck!!!

There's a very practical application of that though.

When I left school, I took a secretarial course and learned Pitman's shorthand. I never really mastered all those lines, dots and squiggles, but we used to get a small-ad in magazines and newspapers advertising a correspondence course in "Speedwriting". This ad had the caption "F u cn rd ths, u cn b a scrtry nd ern lts of mny". I never took that course, but the idea stuck with me and I still use that notation even now. It's stood me in good stead through many years of taking minutes of business meetings and endless notes for lectures and other transcriptions.

I can see it for note taking, but reading it takes so much more time!

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Dianthus:
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When I left school, I took a secretarial course and learned Pitman's shorthand. I


I learned Gregg shorthand in school. It was great for taking notes at lectures in all my other classes. The only problem was that sometimes a classmate wanted to copy my notes if they had missed a class!