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PAGE DATE 6 January 2011
The word lists are designed
for you to add to your shorthand resource file and most are laid out to
fit an A5 ring binder. Ring binder
separator tabs can be
printed from the PDF "Print Your Own Shorthand Notepad" on the
Downloads
page.
As the pages of words and shorthand
are scanned images, I have also included a real text list within the PDFs so that word searches can
be made or the text copied for editing to other layouts, such as drill
pages, alphabetical order or A4 page size.
This material is for shorthand learning only and
is not suitable for academic word frequency research.
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150 Common Words |
An approximation of the 200
commonest words, with all the short forms removed and derivatives
added in, making a total of 771 outlines. As a rough guide, the 150 headwords plus the 70 most-used
short forms fall within this range, which covers
80% of everyday speech.
Lists vary and where choices have had to be made,
some nouns have been dropped and grammatical parts of speech
retained, as being more useful for the shorthand writer. |
PDF 3.3 MB
(17 April 2010) |
| 850 Basic
English Words |
see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_English and
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Basic_English_word_list
Also known as Simple English,
Simplified English and Ogden's Basic English, this list of root-words was
compiled in 1930 so that all meanings can be expressed in simple words, and provides a
beginner's vocabulary for those learning English as a foreign
language. The PDF contains a few additional derivatives and phrases,
making a total of 937 outlines. |
PDF 3.5 MB (4 July 2010) |
| Calendar |
Shorthand perpetual calendar, A4 page per month with
shorthand quotes,
plus
a page each of Diary and Weather vocabulary lists. Description on
Downloads
page, quotes also repeated in
Reading section. |
PDF 2.9 MB (27 Dec 2010) |
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120 Most Frequent Words |
Mini origami booklets in 3 versions:
- Numbered list
as 2 booklets
- Numbered list
as A4/A5 pages
- As
facility drill booklets with blue or red
outlines
- Notes on outlines & text list
- Blank lined booklets for creating own lists
or practising
The list is in
approximate frequency order,
plus some derivatives and includes the short forms occurring,
making a total of 182 outlines. Main list also available as JPGs for Ipod,
see Downloads
page. These outlines should cover half of everyday speech, with the
first 25 covering a third. |
PDF 3 MB (6 Jan 2011) |
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