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5,000 Most Used Words
With the link Irons in the Fire posted, http://www.edict.com.hk/textanalyser/wordlists.htm maybe I can make my own 5,000 most used word list. They would be more recent than the Simplified book. Just one question, though: does the Simplified most used words book also include phrases? __________________________________ Shorthand: isn’t it about time? (by johnsapp for everyone)
Introduction to the group
Hello Group members! Having been retired for about 10 years, I seized upon reviewing my High School Gregg shorthand as a means of keeping my mind active–it will have no practical; use to me other than that and maybe to facilitate everyday notewriting. I’ve spent many enjoyable evenings reading the questions and comments of the…
shorthand history systems
Hello everybody! It’s been very interesting to browse through some of the posts on this group. My interest in shorthand was greatly increased by reading E H Butler’s History of British Shorthand which was published by Pitman in the early 1950’s and articles in the online encycopedias Wickepedia and 1911 Britannica. Butler rates Kingsford’s Oxford…
Ommision of Vowels
I was wondering why some words omit the vowels, even when they are stressed. For example, the word “incline” is written “e n”. The disjoined e only makes the incl sound, so why is there no simple for the hard ‘i’ sound? I’d think you’d write it “e i-n”. Same thing wish the “sup(e)r-” prefix….
Strangest- and prettiest-looking words?
In my strolls through Simplified, I’ve come across some words that look very strange, and others very beautiful, and I was wondering what other people thought of them or if there were others that should be on this list! So far these words’ve made me raise an eyebrow 😛superintendent (s n-ten-d nt)uninterrupted (n-n u-p-ted)incompatibility (n-k-p-a-t-b…