Stenspiration™
“If you’d like to stay a champion, accept the fact that discomfort is here to stay. Embrace it as a teacher that will strengthen you and help you achieve ever greater feats, not as an annoying part of th`e process that you’d like to put behind as quickly as possible.” -From, “365 Days With Self-Discipline”
Love, Speed & Accuracy,
Elsie Villega
I Love Steno Trivia Tuesday: The Changing Height Of The Eiffel Tower
QUESTION: How tall is the Eiffel Tower?
ANSWER: The height of the Eiffel Tower changes according to the season. During the summer, the landmark can grow up to six inches taller than its usual height. This is due to the heat of the summer’s sun causing the iron of the structure to swell. According to Wikipedia, the current average height of the Eiffel Tower is 1,063 feet high.
Legal Vocabulary: Sponsion
Medical Monday: Tabloid
Friday Phrases
step outside= STEPDZ
step aside= ST*EPDZ
they work for= THEFRK
they worked for= THEFRKD
we’re good= WAO*ERGD
we’re bad= WAO*ERBD
took care of= TAOFRK
took care of the= TAOFRKT
took care of it= TAO*FRKT
took care of this= TAOFRKTS
took care of it is= TAO*FRKTS
took care to= TAORKTD
took care to the= TAO*RKTD
Briefs and Phrases From The Ballot Or The Bullet
bullet= BULT
ballot= BA*LT
clarify= KLOIF
Muslim= MUFMZ
Islam= IFMZ
Christian= KR*IFNT
religion= R-J
what I know= WHAIN
what I am= WHA*IM
minister= MIFRNT
ministers= MIFRNTS
Harlem= HAR/L*EM
New York City= NORKS
Abyssinian= AB/SIN/YA*N
Atlanta= TLAN
Atlanta, Georgia= TLANG
civil rights= SIFRLTS
segregated= SGRAITED
Brooklyn= BLIN
all of these= AUFLZ
freedom= FRAOEM
fighter= FAOIRT
philosophy= FLOEF
morals= MO*RLS
they believe= THEBL
never get= NEFRGT
economic= KMIK
economy= KME
all of us= AUFLS
politicians= POLGSZ
politics= PLIKS
political= PLIL
as soon as= SAONS
conscious= KONS
mature= MAURT
community= KMAOUNT
integrate= SBRAET
employment= PLOIMT
whether you are a= WHRA*UR
oppression= O/PREFGS
exploitation= XLOIGS
overcome= VUM
champion= KHAON
liberals= LIRBLS
too late= TAOLT
self-help= SFHEP
pattern= PAERN
attitude= TAOUD
Africa= FRIK
Asia= AEZ
independence= N-PS
England= ENLD
citizenship= SOIP
colonization= KOLGS
citizen= SIZ
century= SEN
back and forth= BO*RT
dissatisfied= SDAEFD
history= HIFT
patriot= PROIT
liberty= LIBT
republican= REN
democrat= DMAT
democracy= DMOK
White House= WHOUS
Washington, D.C.= WARBDZ
legislation= LAEGS
senatorial= SNORL
congressional= KO*NL
southern= SORN
Texas= T*X
Mississippi= M*S
constitution= STAOUGS
Johnson= JOFN
best friend= BEFRND
or the= ORT
revolution= R-FLGS
useless= AOUFLS
senators= SNORS
genocide= JENDZ
daylight= DAILT
Steno Fitness: Stretching
“The benefits of stretching are enormous. Stretching can increase your strength by 10%. It is a lot. The man explains that ‘when you lift a weight your muscles contract. And after the workout the muscles remain contracted for some time. The following restoration of the muscles’ length is what recovery is. Until the muscle has restored its length, it has not recovered. Hence he who does not stretch his muscles slows down the recuperation process and retards his gains.’ Besides tension and relaxation are two sides of the same coin, ‘if the muscle forgets how to lengthen, it will contract more poorly. And that is stagnation of strength.’” -Pavel Tsatsouline (From, “365 Days With Self-Discipline”)
Briefs and Phrases From The Mandalorian: Season 1, Episode 4
industrial= STRIL
population= POPGS
density= D*ENTS
too long= TAONG
travelers= TRAFRLS
broth= BRO*T
porringer= PORNG/J*ER or PORNG/*ER
I can’t say= YAS
thank you, sir= THAUNGS
delegates= DELGTS
suppressing= SPREFG
riots= ROITS
armor= AORM
harvest= HAFRT
excuse me= SKAOUFM
excuse me, sir= SKAOUFMS
where do you live= WROUF
blankets= BLANGTS
visitors= VIFRTS
when I go= WHIG
thoughtful= THOUF
took care of= TAOFRK
branches= BRAFPS
veteran= VERT
carefully= KAIFL
barricades= BAERKDZ
maybe later= MAERBLT
I don’t belong= YO*BLG
Briefs and Phrases From The Mandalorian: Season 1, Episode 3
transmission= TR-MGS
wonderful= WUF
antsy= ANTS/YI
healthy= HOILT
reputation= R-PGS
did you give= SDUFG
cuirass= KWAOER/A*S
imperial= KBAOERL
secrecy= SKREZ
shadows= SHAODZ
empire= KBAOIR
coward= KOURD
battle= BALT
forgo= FOERG
as it should= ST*RBD
legend= LEJD
parsec= PAR/S*EK
they work for= THEFRK
check the= KHEKT
perimeter= PRIRMT
step aside= ST*EPDZ
one of those= WUFNS