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Personal Shorthand a
Personal Shorthand Rules (6)
| Question | Answer | Shorhanded word examples |
|---|---|---|
| Basic Theory. RULE NUMBER ONE there are six basic rules; the first rule is about silent vowels -- | Never write a silent vowel: In Shorthand -- kite becomes kit. late becomes lat | The English language has thousands of silent vows that actually contribute no sound whatsoever. Try to avoid writing these |
| Basic Theory. RULE NUMBER TWO is about sounding vowels: (with two exceptions for long sounding vowels) -- | Keep all sounding vowels that are long: "a" in bay "e" in heat "i" in bite "o" in note "u" in fuse or "oo" as in move - OMIT the rest .....EXCEPTION: also omit long e, like in media... Long e rides the preceding consonant... media is "mda" | EXPANDING RULE NUMBER 2: the sound of long e is automatically assigned to any preceding consonant EXCEPT in a double ee combination like feed fed; ALSO omit half-long vowels. |
| Basic Theory. RULE NUMBER THREE is about long sounding vowels that begin a word: | WRITE a sounding vowel IF it is at the BEGINNING of a word. acre becomes acr abate becomes abat estate becomes estat | If your skill and confidence increases, you will be able to create shortcuts that will allow you to avoid writing certain initial vowels; but the rule to write an initial sounding vowel is still a very valid one; andyou can't go wrong. |
| Basic Theory. RULE NUMBER FOUR is about double vowels: | If there is a double vowel keep the first vowel omit the second. Broom becomes brom Feed becomes fed Deep becomes dep | food; vacuum; moon; feet; |
| Basic Theory. RULE NUMBER FIVE is about silent consonants; and double consonants: | If consonants are silent within a word OMIT them. ("right" = "rit") WHEN there are two consonants that are the same within a word, keep the first consonant omit the second. ("planner" = "plnr") | Remember to handle double consonants just as you would double vowels – keep one and discard one. There are thousands of styling consonants in English which do not contribute to the sound of a word. |
| Basic Theory. RULE NUMBER SIX is about sounding vowels at the end of a word; especially "y": | Every sounding vowel at the end of a word should be kept except for the short "i" sound of a "y" which we pronounce similar to a long "e": as in salary; written as slr... A long i, ending a word, as in tie is kept: tie - ti | When "y" is pronounced like short "i": long "e" the vowel sound is CARRIED BY THE PROCEEDING CONSONANT AUTOMATICALLY. Locally becomes locl |
| recap of rules one through six (jumbled) | * keep vowels at the beginning of a word if sounded * keep long vowel sounds a, e, i, o, u, oo * keep long sounding vowels at end of words * omit "y" at the end if sounds long "e" * omit silent vowels and consonants within words |
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