Live vs leave
They’re both nouns. I’ve been reading philosophy, and some sentences make sense with either. The Simplified dictionary writes them both Lev. Does another version do them differently? If so, I’ll use that. Thanks!
Z vs S vs X — are there extra optional marks?
Every so often, I want to mark the difference. It’s not really often (about as often as I want to mark vowels), but just often enough I’d like something. Thanks!
Quote for the Day on Reddit r/shorthand
https://www.reddit.com/r/shorthand/ just started a quote for the day challenge. Format still very experimental. List of quotes given for the week, then people either do several at once, or one quote per page in several systems. State whether you want comments or not. It’s neat seeing different people write the same thing in the same system….
Quotes Jan 1-3 2020
I put quotes at random in my calendar. It’s eerie how often the quote of the day applies to what actually happens. Comments welcome. If you can’t read it, then Future Me won’t be able to either.
Achievement Unlocked
I just wrote out the last new theory lesson for the fourth and final time. Go me! I’m a long way from reliable meeting notes, even not verbatim, but I’m pretty good at journalling with it. I’m probably 30-50 wpm depending on the vocabulary and how confident I need to be that I can read…
Tall tall words written above the line, has anyone tried it?
Words like improve start on the line, then go down 1-1/2 spaces. Has anyone experimented with writing them a bit higher, so that the first downstroke rest on the line, rather than the m?
Elven Prince
A short story I told at Open Mic this fall. It’s based on a story I read years ago, that I can’t find anymore, so I don’t know how much is plagiarized vs my own work. Elven Prince — In Gregg Simplified Shorthand The goal is readable for Simplified, but some DJS and Anni might have…
Green Eggs and Ham
Someone issued a Dr Seuss challenge… Green Eggs and Ham — In Gregg Simplified Shorthand My goal is readable by Simplified. There’s probably some DJS and maybe a bit of Anni (only where it the Simplified version really annoys me). Comments welcome. If you can read it, then I’ll be able to read it years from…
Vowel Comparison: IPA, Tongue Position, Pitman, Gregg
Yes, I’m the author of the Reddit post. It’s not plagiarizing. No, I’m not leaving Pitman for Gregg, but since I had my suspicions from earlier dabbling, and was using the Gregg vowels, to procrastinate, it made sense to include them. (Does this count as my daily shorthand practice?) Pitman follows tongue placement very well,…
Book Question : Is Correlated Dictation and Transcription accurate?
Years ago I read here that the shorthand wasn’t well-written. Is it at least accurate, so I can check my work? The book has transcriptions of all the passages. I want the challenge of writing from text or sound, then checking against the plate.