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- Speedwriting abstract "Speedwriting is a shorthand writing system developed in 1924 by Emma Dearborn, an instructor at the University of Chicago. It uses alphabetic characters and was originally designed so that it could be written by pen, or on a typewriter.Speedwriting is phonetic with a ‘k’ used for a hard c, ‘C’ for ‘ch’, ‘j’ for ‘g’ in ‘age’. It condenses words by omitting silent letters and only writing long vowels, and initial short vowels. Sentences are ended with ‘\’ and a ‘/’ is used for omitted syllables. There are other abbreviating devices, including capitalisation, and the use of punctuation marks to denote combinations of sounds. It uses around 100 abbreviations for common words and suffixes.Speedwriting uses a stylized script made in 1942 for faster handwriting, in which the ‘t’ is uncrossed (l is looped to distinguish them), ‘i’ is not dotted, ‘m’ is a simple curve like a stretched ‘n’ and 'w' is also a simple curve like a stretched 'u'.Speedwriting is more than twice as fast as longhand, due to using half the letters, but it is nowhere near as fast as symbolic shorthand systems. Speeds of up to 120 words a minute are possible for short periods of time, with speeds of 80 words a minute being regularly attained. It is therefore more useful for someone wanting a simple system to speed up handwritten note taking than for reporting.".
- Speedwriting thumbnail Speedwriting.svg?width=300.
- Speedwriting wikiPageExternalLink _Toc6155499.
- Speedwriting wikiPageID "6532409".
- Speedwriting wikiPageRevisionID "544508489".
- Speedwriting creator Emma_Dearborn.
- Speedwriting fam English_alphabet.
- Speedwriting fam Latin_alphabet.
- Speedwriting hasPhotoCollection Speedwriting.
- Speedwriting languages English_language.
- Speedwriting name "Speedwriting".
- Speedwriting sample "speedwriting.svg".
- Speedwriting shdates "1924".
- Speedwriting shform "cursive".
- Speedwriting shtype Alphabet.
- Speedwriting time "1924".
- Speedwriting type Shorthand.
- Speedwriting typedesc "- also typed".
- Speedwriting subject Category:Shorthand_systems.
- Speedwriting subject Category:Transcription_(linguistics).
- Speedwriting subject Category:Writing.
- Speedwriting subject Category:Writing_systems.
- Speedwriting type Abstraction100002137.
- Speedwriting type Communication100033020.
- Speedwriting type Orthography106351202.
- Speedwriting type Writing106359877.
- Speedwriting type WritingSystems.
- Speedwriting type WrittenCommunication106349220.
- Speedwriting comment "Speedwriting is a shorthand writing system developed in 1924 by Emma Dearborn, an instructor at the University of Chicago. It uses alphabetic characters and was originally designed so that it could be written by pen, or on a typewriter.Speedwriting is phonetic with a ‘k’ used for a hard c, ‘C’ for ‘ch’, ‘j’ for ‘g’ in ‘age’. It condenses words by omitting silent letters and only writing long vowels, and initial short vowels. Sentences are ended with ‘\’ and a ‘/’ is used for omitted syllables.".
- Speedwriting label "Speedwriting".
- Speedwriting label "Speedwriting".
- Speedwriting sameAs Speedwriting.
- Speedwriting sameAs m.0g95vd.
- Speedwriting sameAs Q1586165.
- Speedwriting sameAs Q1586165.
- Speedwriting sameAs Speedwriting.
- Speedwriting wasDerivedFrom Speedwriting?oldid=544508489.
- Speedwriting depiction Speedwriting.svg.
- Speedwriting isPrimaryTopicOf Speedwriting.