March 28
2016
March 25
2016
Friday Phrases
March 24
2016
Theory Thursday: Family Members- Part 1
brother= BROER
brother’s= BROERZ
brothers= BROERS
brother-in-law= BROERL
brother-in-law’s= BROERLZ
brothers-in-law= BROERLS
stepbrother= STBROER or STEP/BRO*ER
stepbrothers= STBROERS or STEP/BRO*ERS
stepbrother’s= STBROERZ
godbrother= GOD/BRO*ER
godbrothers= GOD/BRO*ERS
godbrother’s GOD/BRO*ERZ
aunt= AUNT
auntie= AUNT/YI
uncle= UNG
March 23
2016
Stenspiration™
March 22
2016
Readback: One Word, Not Two
Despite spell check’s proclamations otherwise, readback is a compound word that exists.
Wiktionary defines readback as follows: (1) (Computing) The act of reading data back from a location where it has been stored. (2) (Aviation, telecommunications) The repetition of a message one has received, in order to acknowledge it. (3) The reading aloud by a court reporter or stenographer of testimony previously taken down in stenographic dictation, usually at the request of the presiding judge or parties involved in a deposition.”
March 18
2016
Stenspiration™
March 18
2016
Friday Phrases: And Phrases Part 16
and just= SKP-JT
and learn= SKPLERN
and learned= SKPLERND
and learns= SKPLERNS
and let= SKPLET
and let me= SKPLEM
and let the= SKPLETD
and listen= SKPL-N
and looked= SKPLAOKD
and made= SKPMAED
and my= SKPHAOI
and now= SKPOU
and of course= SKP-FX
and of the= SKP-FT
and off= SKPOF
and on= SKPON
and one= SKPWUN
March 17
2016
Steno Style: Luggage & Matching Bag
March 17
2016
Rules Of Grammar: Paul vs. Pall vs. Pawl
Of course, there is the name Paul. Then there is pawl and pall.
Pall has the following definitions: “(1) A cover for a coffin, bier, or tomb, often made of black, purple, or white velvet. (2) A coffin. (3) A covering that darkens or obscures. (4) A gloomy effect or atmosphere. (5) To become insipid, boring, or wearisome.”
A pawl is “a pivoted tongue or sliding bolt on one part of a machine that is adapted to fall into notches or interdental spaces on another part so as to permit motion in only one direction.”
Machine Briefs:
Paul= PA*UL/PA*UL
pall= PAUL
pawl= PA*UL
March 17
2016
