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Intro
 1   Strokes
 2   Vowels
 3   Forming Outlines
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 7   Hooks R L
 8   Hooks N F V
 9   Shun Hook
10  Halving
11  Doubling
12  Hay Aspirate
13  W Forms
14  L Forms
15  R Forms
16  Imp/Imb
17  Ish
18  Prefixes
19  Suffixes General
20  Suffixes Contracted


Short Forms
Intro
SF List 1
SF List 2
SF List 3
SF List 4

Contractions
Contractions Intro
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Contractions Optional

Phrasing (in progress)
1 Intro
& Contents list
2 Theory
3 Theory
4 Omission
Part words
5 Omission
Whole words
6 Miscellaneous
7 Miscellaneous
8 Intersections

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DO Intro
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DO List 2 D-H
DO List 3 I-P
DO List 4 Q-Y

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Pitman's New Era Shorthand Reading Pages

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READING PHOTO TOURS:
Garden

Hastings, East Sussex
Greenwich Part1
Greenwich Part2
Greenwich Part3
Greenwich Part4
Greenwich Part5
Greenwich Part6
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PAGE DATE: 25 January 2012
 

Next

  • Phrasing, Intersections, Numbers

  • Larger list of the commonest words

Longer Term

  • Full-vowel Reading Pages: vowels to be added to the existing reading pages. This will enable you to practise rapid reading, as well as improve/revise your knowledge of the signs and their placement.

  • More Vocabulary and Reading

  • Facility Drills, targeted to points of theory, short forms, contractions, phrasing, common words

  • Mini booklets of Contractions, same as the existing Short Forms booklets.

  • Fun/puzzles Section

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25 January 2012 Optional contraction "generation" added Contractions Optional
17 October 2011 Photo Tour Reading Pages x 6 - with all vowel signs written in Greenwich Parts 1 to 6
17 October 2011 Additional Distinguishing Outlines Lists 1, 2, 3, 4
15 August 2011 New page completed Contractions Optional
6 August 2011 New pages Contractions Intro
Contractions Main
13 July 2011 New page for new Guestbook and current Guestmap links Guestbook & Guestmap page
9 July 2011 Review of Noodler's Flex Pen (plus shorthand demo video) and Noodler's Nib Creaper Piston-fill Rollerball. Pen & Pencil Reviews
20 June 2011 Optional Contractions, longhand list only. Outlines will be provided later, after the Contractions Main page is complete. Contractions Optional
13 June 2011 New pages Theory 19 Suffixes General
Theory 20 Suffixes Contracted
27 April 2011 New page Theory 18 Prefixes
17 March 2011 New page Theory 17 Ish
2 March 2011 New page

Various items regarding Imp have been moved from Theory 7 Hooks R/L, Theory 10 Halving & Theory 11 Doubling pages

Theory 16 Imp/Imb
17 Feb 2011 Additions to Distinguishing Outlines Lists All four lists
13 Feb 2011 New page Theory 15 R Forms

15 Jan 2011

Flying Fingers Seagulls JPG for your teeshirt, desktop etc.

Downloads

15 Jan 2011

Shorthand Calendar quotes passages now also given as a website page.

Reading

15 Jan 2011

New page: Text Lists from PDFs, for vocabularies contained within them, to make it easier to search this website for shorthand outlines.

Text Lists from PDFs

15 Jan 2011

Queen's Broadcasts PDF updated with real text word lists to enable word searching within the PDF

Dictation

6 Jan 2011

120 Most Frequent Words origami booklets, and as JPGs for Ipod

Word Lists – booklet

Downloads – Ipod JPGs

27 Dec 2010

Shorthand Perpetual Calendar PDF with diary and weather vocabulary lists

Downloads

Outline Corrections

Rechecking and improvements to shorthand passages are ongoing, and corrections are added here as necessary:

Pitman's New Era: human being, New Year
human being, New Year (phrase)

Pitman's New Era: trivial dutifully midnight retentive prosperity shivered lifeboat
trivial dutifully midnight retentive prosperity shivered lifeboat

Pitmamn's New Era: ministry Byrom's resemble distinctness Jesus cherubim
ministry* Byrom's resemble distinctness Jesus cherubim   *Contraction that omits the R

Pitman's New Era: subjection believe/believed/belief lining income boldly completely flee owes
subjection* believe/believed/belief* lining income boldly completely flee owes

*Short forms

16 August 2011: typo corrected in Strokes/Vowels/Short Forms Origami Book p2 and Strokes/Vowels for Ipod JPG No.7 = should be "pa pay pea" not "pay pay pea"

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