RE: Typing in Shorthand

["Tom Robertson" t1r@xxxxxxxx]

For a long time, I have used a code to do shorthand, mainly to
differentiate shorthand codes from words I use, particularly
abbreviations.

I have never really worked this out, but here is a sample

I use "z" and "x" tacked on to a code word to make it unique,
like:

jmx Jamaica

I then use "p" added to a word to set up a possessive code word,
like:

jmp Jamaica's

For plurals, I use "s"

For a full name I use "f" Like in:

rkff Rockefeller Foundation

Then, if it unique I use the first two and the last letters of a
word, like:

jmn Jamaican

I then use the first three letters with the third letter duped
for many common words, like:

monn Monday
tuee Tuesday
wedd Wednesday
thuu Thursday
frii Friday
satt Saturday
sunn Sunday
jann January
febb February
marr March
aprr April
mayy May
junn June
jull July
augg August
sepp September
octt October
novv November
decc December

And so it goes

TR...


 -----Original Message-----
From: 	owner-xywrite@xxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-xywrite@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Norman
Bauman
Sent:	Saturday, March 18, 2000 3:11 AM
To:	xywrite@xxxxxxxx
Subject:	Re: Typing in Shorthand




Morris,

This is a very useful file. I've been trying to work out a
shorthand system for years.
I interview people on the telephone. I take notes pretty fast,
and I abbreviate a lot.
But I found that I can't abbreviate too much, unless I use a
standard system. If I'm interviewing doctors, then I can use
"doc" to stand for "doctor". If I'm interviewing a lawyer, I can
use "doc" to stand for "document". But I have to decide which one
to use consistently. "Experience" and "example" are two that I
always have trouble with. It takes me a remarkably long time to
decide on which abbreviation to use. I need a list prepared by
somebody who is more decisive.
I too work in 3.55. I believe that you don't even have to use an
expansion program--3.55 can use the automatic spell correction
feature to expand abbreviations. You treat the abbreviation as an
error, and it "corrects" with the expanded word.
That's one of the features that was disabled in the "dehanced"
version 3.57, after PRD+ sued XyQuest to remove the expansion
feature. PRD+ was the add-on shorthand program, and they claimed
a patent for the idea of expanding abbreviations. They had a
pretty sophisticated system, and I was tempted to buy it, but I
didn't like the idea of their suing Xy.
I'm going to look over this list. I don't think I could adopt it
entirely, but I could use a lot of it. "z" for "is" is pretty
good. This is actually about 1,000 words, I'd guess. That should
cover about 99% of the word frequency.
Thanks for sharing this.

From:	Morris Krok 
To:	Xywrite@xxxxxxxx>
Subject:	xpl program
Date:	Friday, March 17, 2000 7:29 PM

At 06:18 AM 3/18/00 -0800, Morris Krok wrote:
>
Find a copy of a personal dictionary file which I use to expand
abbreviations. This file can also be used for programming
purposes by including the common programming commands such as sv,
sx, pv, gt, etc., with their full expanded equivalents that
include euro quotes (3 examples are included at the end of this
file). It can also be used to store characters related to certain
foreign tongues such as French, German, and Spanish.
Here I am going to attach my personal dictionary of abbreviations
for the
most common words used in the English language. This file you
will note is
preceded by the code ;sp;. All this uses the XY3 program but it
probably
can be adapted for version xy4 for dos. The personal dictionary
file which
I call Shthand.spl must be inserted in the startup.int file. It
should
appear as BC load shthand.spl (enter).It can also be loaded on
the command
line just before inputting text. But by putting it in the startup
file, it
becomes automatic the moment the computer is switched on. My XY3
version is
3.55


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