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Tiger
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I found one of my mums old school books, she was learning Pitman Shorthand in the 60's. I had no idea of what shorthand really was, I thought it was just abbreviated or shortened sentences. I was shocked at how much it was in fact a totally alien fucking language!

It may as well have been classed as an actual language as it has no bearing on any kind of Romanized english in any way, shape or form!

Can anyone, or does anyone, still use shorthand anymore?
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I have never seen that before! I thought the same as u to what it was. Can your mum still tell you what it means?
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No am still trying to crack English .
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Yeah would be interesting to see what its means.
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I understood shorthand to be just very abbreviated words such as "w/" for "with" and such like. The above looks arabic!
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quote:
Originally posted by fred7
I have never seen that before! I thought the same as u to what it was. Can your mum still tell you what it means?


She says no, she can't remember a jot of it.

Strangely, my Grandad was a Wireless Operator in the Lancasters in the war, and right up until before he died, he could still translate morse code like lightning if you could find him some, it was still broadcast on SW on the radio up until about 10 years ago.
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My mum would be able to tell you exactly what that means!
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quote:
Originally posted by Ricky352
Yeah would be interesting to see what its means.


I have the book next to me, i'd still struggle to find the characters, there are hundreds!
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My mother learned it and taught me some when I was a child but I had no use for it so forgot, my sister knew it too as she was going into journalism but never followed that career.
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P.S 'Romanised' the 'iz' is an Americanisation
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quote:
Originally posted by Ronson
P.S 'Romanised' the 'iz' is an Americanisation


I realised when I posted it, but can't be arsed to change it.
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My mum used to use this when working as a secretary, dictating a letter is a lot easier this way, if you understand it
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It's from the teacher to your mum saying how he is going to ravish her in detention.
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It's from the teacher to your mum saying how he is going to ravish her in detention.


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My mum uses it at work when she takes minutes for meetings. She studied it for 6 months and got some kind of certification.
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I think your mum might be taliban.
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Old woman (50's) at my work can do shorthand, it's mental, like another language!

[Edited on 04-01-2014 by Haimsey]

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Jeremy Beadle could write long hand and short hand. Was a natural.
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I knew that would be a Beadle joke when I saw who posted
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quote:
Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
Jeremy Beadle could write long hand and short hand. Was a natural.



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I think your mum is a spy and she's just bullshitting you
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Aliens tbh
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quote:
Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
BenG could write long hand and short hand. Was a natural.







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Anyone going to find out what it means then
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Crack on son.

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