Here is the second and last part of Wendell Willkie’s speech, transcribed by me in Anniversary Gregg.
Attachment: our-reservoir-of-world-respect-and-hope-part-2.pdf
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Here is the second and last part of Wendell Willkie’s speech, transcribed by me in Anniversary Gregg.
Attachment: our-reservoir-of-world-respect-and-hope-part-2.pdf
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Well, that was an ordeal! I felt as though I was receiving a real ear-bashing, and that the end would never come. (I wonder if you felt that when you wrote it, as some of your outlines seemed a bit less distinct than usual!)
Part 2 seemed harder than part 1. I have a long list of outlines to re-commit to memory.
But having subjected me to this ordeal (interesting really, and of political relevance — into which I will not delve), can I point out a couple of seeming errors?
(1) Omission of "allies" (p5 c2 line1) — I might have got "potential" otherwise.
(2) p6 c1 line16: you wrote "he was" rather than "I was".
(3) And on p6 c1 line17 I think you slipped into a later version for "all"?
(4) p6 c2 line14: Is "unconnected" right?
(5) p8 c2 line18: omission of "of the" before "German"
(6) p10 c1 line2: "Our" looks too much like "Or"?
(7) p10 c2 line16: missing "ing" in "passing"
(8) p1 c2 line8: "INjustice" (!)
(And if paragraphs are important, and if my print is similar to yours, the penultimate line of p6 c2 is a paragraph rather than a full stop.
General things:
Spiritual: I would have written s-pr-l In the dictionary this is "spritless" but since that is a less common word I would write s-pr-l-e-s. I think I'll follow the dictionary though — should I ever need the word.
Scheduled: This flummoxed me (p3 c2 line 13). The reason being that I pronounce it SHEDULE whereas Americans say SKEDULE. The dictionary says skedule too — though I cannot live with that and corrected it to sh-e-d-l. I suppose that could be confused with "shedless" but I'll risk it!
Whether or not: (p3 c2 line7): I didn't get that one (I wondered how "earn" could fit in!) but it is rather good.
Europe: I'd doubt myself every time I wrote it (e-u-r-o-p). So now I'll leave out the "o". Also this article was very useful in naming so many countries and places. I've not found any place for a good list of them.
For example: I did not get this despite its several repeated usages. But it's a long outline; I think I'll slip into longhand and write "eg" should I need it.
Society: I tried reading "system" which kind of fitted. But it was useful to see the distinction between leftS-rightS and rightS-leftS.
Decisions: (p10 c1 line10) Why is it written d-rightS-e-sh-rightS? A d-leftS… would be clearer.
Thanks again for the corrections. This was a speech, so yes, it's a little "preachy", but the geographical expressions alone made it excellent for shorthand practice.
My transcript read “ail”, not “all”, but I checked the Congressional Record, and it had it as “all” so I changed it.
"Decisions" is written with the right s because it would otherwise read "desertions" (omission of r rule, paragraph 165).
Thanks Carlos. That clarified other things too.
I was OK with things like 'sert' (leftS-e-t) as in "concert" shown in para 164 in my book, but the before-a-downstroke situation had evaded me. It highlighted the "normal/preferred" form of the "s". So in assertion and session I now realise 'sersh' uses the left S but 'sesh' uses the right S (as you said). The normal use of S is the right motion.
The "preferred"way of writing S did not figure much when I was learning. I must have used a more touchy-feely method. In fact I have a left/right problem more generally. (I need to stop and think when giving directions to people, and when driving I have not always driven people the most direct rout when they give me instructions.) In fact I still, under unusual situations, write a P for an F – but nowadays it is very rare. (Up/down is no problem though.)
So your reply really hit the mark. Thanks.
You're welcome! Glad that was helpful.