January 31
2016
January 29
2016
Steno Fun Fact: The First English Dictionary
January 17
2016
Briefs and Phrases From The Blacklist: Season 1, Episode 2
stupid= STAOUPD
question= KWE
examiner= X-R
subject= SUBT
we go= WEG
Monday= MOND
did you have= SDUF
have you ever had= VUFRD
notify= NOIF
surrendered= SRERND/-D
convicted= VIKTD
yes or no= YORN
immunity= KBAOUNT
cooperate= KAOPT
criminal= KRINL
justice department= JEPT
legal= LAOEL
status= STAUS
network= TWORK
Syrian= SYRN
Syrians= SYRNS
husband= HUS
coma= KMA
altercation= ALT/KA*IGS
idea= Y-D
urgency= URGZ
incident= DIN
industrial= STRIL
ambulance= BLANS
we need= WEFRN
prisoner= PRIRS
patriot= PROIT
comprehensive= KPREFNS
actively= TIFL
I don’t think= YONG
attorney general= TOERNG
truthful= TRAOUF
to the best of your knowledge= TURJ
multiple= MUMT
information= N-FGS
informant= NFNT
rescue= SKWU
passenger= PAERNG
under the= N-RT
gun= G-N
passports= PAFRPTS
so you could= SOUKD
derailed= DRAILD
attention= TAENGS
terrorism= TRIFM
casualties= KARBLTS
Albany= AL/BA*EN
apparently= PAERNLT
powerful= POUF
how this= HOUTS
otherwise= OERZ
would you like= WOUBLG
accident= SD-
premeditated= PRAOEMTD
disguised= SGAOIFD
Moscow= MOS/K*OU
shall I go= SHAIG
building= BL-G
collapses= KLAPSZ
Brahmaputra= BRA/MA/PAOU/TRA*
story= STOIR
victims= VIMS
heroes= HOERS
murder= MURD
killings= KILGS
tragedies= TRAJDZ
appellate= AEPT
French= FREFP
diplomat= DPLOEMT
pattern= PAERN
emerge= MAOERJ
civilians= SIFNLS
unique= YAOEK
contractor= KRRT
significant= SIG
population= POPGS
governments= GOFTS
terrorist= TRIFT
organizations= ORGSZ
New York= NORK
deliberate= DLIBT
we find= WEFND
I don’t find= YOFND
freelancer= FRAOERNL
e-mails= AOEMS
I don’t have= YOF
intermediary= SBAOERMD
might be= MAOIB
perhaps= PRAPS
maybe= MAEB
you should= URBSD
where would= WR-LD
who else= WHOELS
have you= VU
I want= IPT
surveillance= SWAINS
liaison= LAOIFN or LAIFN
shadow= SHAOD
if you go= FUG
police= PLIS
felony= FLOIN
impossible= KBOB
deny= D-N
registered= REJD
let me= LEM
restaurant= STRAUNT
dinner= DIRN
recognition= R-GS
database= DBS
aviation= AIFGS
tell me= TL-M
fascinated= FAEFNTD
debriefs= SDBRAOEFS
distance= SDANS
does he know= DAO*EN
excuse me= SKAOUM
show me= SHOEM
compromised= KPROM
asset= SAET
payment= PAIMT
thesis= THAOEZ
guarantee= GAERNT
identify= AOIF
capture= KPUR
nonprofit= N-P
cartel= KARLT
campaign= KPAIN
eliminate= L*IM
rival= RIFL
addiction= DIX
disrupt= SDRUPT
schedules= SKELDZ
photos= PHOETS
trivial= TRIFL
lawyers= LAURS
encrypted= KBRIPTD
millimeter= MAOERMT
I don’t even= YOFN
device= DWAOIS
bodyguard= BOERGDZ
last name= LAFN
economics= KMIKS
SEC= S*EK
justify= JUF
navigate= NAFGT
FBI= FW*I
RSVP= R*FP or R*FPS
so you want= SOUPT
CIA= C*AI
so you know= SOUN
typically= TOIM
o’clock= KL-K
symbol= SBOL
as bad as= SBADZ
succumbed= SKOMD
solidarity= SLORD
last time= LAFMT
compound fracture= KPRAUR
diversion= DWERGS
occupied= OUPD
elite= AOELT
good night= GAOIT
humanitarian= HAOURMT
barbiturates= BARBTS
medic= MEKD
slavery= SLOIFR
naive= NAOEF
hotel= HOELT
definitely= DAFL
avoiding= WOIG
intercept= SBREPT
nervous= NEFS
biological= BL-L
January 11
2016
Medical Briefs From Concussion
Ritalin= RIT/L*IN
Dextradine= DEX/TRA/D*IN or DEX/TRA/DAO*IN or DEX/TRA/DAO*EN
Haldol= HAL/DO*L
Prozac= PROE/SA*K
tumor= TAOURM
cardiac arrest= KAURKT
pathology= THOLG
pathologist= THOLGT
autopsy= AUPZ
contusion= KON/TAOUGS or KON/TAO*UGS or KAUN/TAOUGS or KAUN/TAO*UGS
Alzheimer’s= ALZ
CT scan= KR*T/SKA*N
brain= BRAIN
headaches= HAEKS
delusions= DLAOUGSZ
concussion= KON/KUGSor KON/K*UGS or KAUN/KUGS or KAUN/K*UGS
dizziness= DOIFNS
laboratory= LABT
abnormality= BORLT
injury= JER
skull= SKUL
neurology= NAOURLG
human being= HAOUB
concussed= KON/KUFD or KON/K*UFD or KAUN/K*UFD or KAUN/KUFD
anatomy= NAEMT
anatomical= NAOBLGT
neurological= NAOUR/L-L
proteins= PRAOENS
science= SAOINZ
scientist= SAOINT
encephalopathy= EN/SEF/LOP/PA*ET
coroner= KROERN
neurologist= NAOURLGT
neuroscience= NAOUR/SAOINZ
chronic= KRO*NG
traumatic= TRAUMT
clinical= KLINL
neuropathologist= NAOURLGT
toxicology= TOX/KOLG
rheumatologist= RAOUM/TOLGT
disease= D-Z
scientific= SAOIFKT
diagnosis= D-GS
Vicodin= VAOIK/D*IN
Toradol= TOR/DO*L
Lexatin= LEX/T*IN
Percodan= PERK/DA*N
surgeons= SURNS
neuropathologist= NAOUR/THOLGT
epidemic= EPD
dementia= DMERB
depression= DPREGS
January 7
2016
Briefs and Phrases From The Blacklist: Season 1, Episode 1
must be= MUB
to be= TOB
good afternoon= GAFRN
do you have= DOUF
I do not= YO*NT
Washington= WARB/WARB
agent= AGT
confirm= K-FRM
tattoos= TAOUTS
volunteered= VOED
mission= MIGS
briefcase= BRAIEFK
alias= AILZ
does he want= DAOEPT
services= S-FSZ
RFID= R*IFD
do you want= DOUPT
navel= NAEFL
academy= DWAD
graduated= GRAUTD
by the time= BIMT
admiral= DMIRL
Christmas= KMAS
officer= OIFR
disappears= SPAERS
earth= *ERT
facilitator= FAEFRLT
enterprise= SBRAOIS
criminals= KRINLS
country= KUNT
political= PLIL
agenda= JAEND
allegiance= LAOEJS
online= AONL
authority= THORT
consulate= KOUNLT
you want= UPT
I want= IPT
customs= KUFMS
latent= LAINT
airline= AIRL
alive= LOIF
at least= TLAOEFT
familiar= FAM
territory= TERT
and I will= SKPIL
from this point= FRIPT
Elizabeth= AO*ELZ
seriously= SAOERLZ
what time= WHAMT
first day= FIRD
committee= KMAOE
coffee= KO*EF
minutes= MINS
backwards= BAURKDZ
beautiful= BAOUF
I think= AOING
family= FAEM
I don’t think= YONG
yes, sir= YES
terrorism= TRIFM
can you tell us= KUTS
agency= AEG
profile= PROIL
footprint= FOOPT
history= HIFT
New York= NORK
yourself= YOURZ
I’m sorry= AOIMS
bureau= BRAOUR
emergency= M-J
murders= MURDZ
extortion= STORGS
colleagues= KLAOEGS
disconnected= SKEKTD
forensic= FRINS
psychology= SKOLG
specifically= SPEFL
manipulated= MIPD
obviously= OEFLS
facility= FAELT
building= BL-G
variety= VAIRT
covert= KWERT
post office= POFS
if you need= FUFRN
pleasure= PLERB
highlights= HAOILTS
special= SPERB
diversion= DWERGS
some kind of= SMAOIF
how do you know= HAOUN
notorious= NOERBS
overcome= VUM
so much= SOFP
at you= TU
abandoned= BAUND
career= KRAOER
famous= FAIMS
establishing= BLIRBG
opinion= P-N
excuse me= SKAOUM
adoption= DOPGS
appointment= POIMT
classified= KLAFD
too much= TAOFP
alone= LAON
listen= L-N
punch= PUFP
daughter= DAUR
guns= G-NS
I got this= *IGTS
if you want= FUPT
careful= KAIF
hazmat= HAZ/MA*T
chemical= KHEM
proceeding= PRAOEG
alternate= NAET
I think so= INGS
weapon= WEP
how about= HOUB
palm= PAUM
what you want= WHAUPT
differently= DIFNL
how should= HOURB
interesting= TR-G
fellow= FLEL
munition= MAOUNGS
expensive= XEFNS
freelancer= FRAOERNL
any of this= NITS
protocols= PROETLS
Nipah= NAOE/PA*
virus= VAOIRS
Bihac= BAOE/HO*FP
poisoning= POIFNG
chemist= KHEFMT
return= RURN
capture= KPUR
if you think= FUNG
gentleman= JA
interrogating= SBROERGT/-G
husband= HUS
too far= TAOFR
did you do= SDUD
what else= WHAELS
do you know= DAOUN
speculation= SPLAIGS
911= NAOINL
did this= SD-TS
tell me= TL-M
what happened= WHAPD
partner= PARN
I don’t know= YON
he said= -EDZ
casualties= KARBLTS
carotid= KAR/T*ID or KA/ROT/T*ID
blossoms= BLOFMS
children= KHIRN
on this= ONTS
legacy= LEGZ
did he say= SDES
did you see= SDUZ
tattoo= TAOUT
Maryland= MAERLD
signal= SNAL
less than= LAEFN
civilian= CIFNL
sweatshirt= SWIRT
business= BIS
picture= PIR
intelligence= TEJS
good faith= GA*ET
publicity= PUBT
campaign= KPAIN
contest= KEFT
encrypted= KBRIPTD
millimeter= MIRMT
security= SKAOURT
applicants= PLINTS
daylight= DAILT
state of the= STAIFT
technology= T-J
human beings= HAOUBS
discovered= SKOFRD
January 6
2016
Medical Briefs From House: Season 1, Episode 1
seizure= SHURZ or SHAOEZ or SHAORZ
deterioration= DRAEGS
diagnosis= D-GS
tumor= TAOURM
diagnostician= D-FGS
oncologist= ON/KOLGT or AON/KOLGT
infectious= NFKT/SH*US
cancers= KAERNS
radiation= YAEGS
dispositive= DIS/POF or DIZ/POF
lesion= LAOEFN or LAOEFGS
patients= PAIRBTS
doctor= DR-
CAT scan= SKA*T
MRI= MR*I
aneurysm= AN/R*IFM
ischemic= IS/KHEM/*IK or IS/KHEM/M*IK
syndrome= SDROEM
Creutzfeldt-Jacob= KRUTS/FELD/JAI/KO*B
disease= D-Z
Wernicke’s= WERN/KAO*ES or WERN/NA/KAO*ES or WERN/A/KAO*ES
encephalopathy= EN/SEF/LOP/TH*I
thiamine= THAOI/MAO*EN
blood= BLAOD
blood test= BLAOT
blood tests= BLAOTS
corollary= KOR/LA*ER or KLAER
radiology= RAOLG
respiratory= RERPT
Dr.= DRFPLT
clinic= KLIN
diagnostic= D-GT
medicine= MED
inject= N-JT
gadolinium= GAD/LIM/Y*UM or GAD/O*E/LIN/Y*UM or GAD/A/LIN/Y*UM
vein= VAIN
magnetic resonance imaging= MR*I/MR*I
claustrophobic= KLAUFT/FO*IK
allergic= LERJ
epi= EP/YI
ventilate= VENY/LA*IT
edema= A/DAOE/MA*
surgical= SURL
throat= THROET
genetic= GENGT
inflammatory= KBLARMT
aspirin= SPRIN
cough= KAUF
spasm= SPAFM
jaundice= JAUNDZ or JAUN/D*IS
exam room= X-RM or XRAOM
niacin= NAOI/A/S*IN or NAOI/S*IN
inhaler= KBAIRL
oxygen= SHEN
asthma= SMA
stimulant= STIM/LA*NT
substances= SB-S
inflame= KBLAIM
contract= KR-T
mucus= MAOUKS
steroids= STERDZ
inflammation= KBLAMGS
urgent= URGT
prednisone= PRED/NA/SO*EN
cerebral= KRAOEBL
vasculitis= VAS/KAOU/LAO*ITS or VAFK/LAO*ITS or VAFK/AOU/LAO*ITS
blood vessels= BLAOFLS
neurological= NAOUR/L*L
biopsy= BAOIPZ
diagnose= D-G
vomiting= VOMT/-G
alternative= NAEFT
psittacosis= SIT/A/KO*EZ
complications= KPLIX
sanitary= SAN/TA*ER
contaminants= TAMTS
medication= MEGS
research= REFP
prescribe= PRAOIB
hospital= HOPT
diagnoses= D-GSZ
treatment= TRAOEMT
symptoms= STOMS
vascular= VAFBLG or VAFRBLG
headaches= HAEKS
fibromyalgia= FAOI/BROE/MAOI/ALG
Vicodin= VAOIK/D*IN
painful= PAIFL
toxins= TOX/*INS
neurocysticercosis= NAOUR/SIS/TA/SER/KO*EZ
neurologist= NAOURLGT
bowel= BOUL
intestine= SBEFNT
bloodstream= BLAOFM
immune system= KBAOUMT
secretions= SKRAOEGSZ
eosinophil= AOE/O*E/SIN/F*IL
normal= NOL
abnormal= BORL
infarction= IN/FARX
heart attack= HAURK
pulmonary= PUL/NA*ER
embolism= KBLIFM
bodies= BOEDZ
mentally= MAENL
incompetent= IP
invasive= IN/VAIFS
density= D*ENTS
cerebrospinal= SER/RAOE/BROE/SPAOINL or SA/RAOE/BROE/SPAOINL
albendazole= AL/BEN/DA/SO*EL or AL/BEND/SO*EL
abdominal= ABL
nausea= NAUZ/YA*
dizziness= DOIFNS
fever= FAOEFR
January 3
2016
Sticking The Landing
I feel like sticking the landing in gymnastics is akin to making sure that your fingers land properly on your machine’s keys, so as not to slide your fingers and cause misstrokes.
The higher the speed, the more challenging/important it is to “stick the landing.”
Here’s to “sticking the landing” in 2016.
Love, Speed, and Accuracy,
Elsie Villega
January 1
2016
2016 Dictionary Challenge
Last year, I started using the deluxe encyclopedia edition of “The New International Webster’s Comprehensive Dictionary” as the main resource for my dictionary building. I was able to complete A-C.
I ended 2015 with a total of 160,077 dictionary entries. I made over 47,000 new entries to my dictionary in the last 12 months. I realize this may seem like an extreme amount of entries to stenographers who have a minimalist-dictionary preference. However, my preference is to have various deviations of word entries. I’m more comfortable with my writing when I feel like I have as much ground as possible covered. Also, I enjoy going through the dictionary word-for-word. It helps me to build my vocabulary and become more familiar with some not-so-common words.
In 2016, I hope to get through some more letters of the alphabet. I’m currently on page 327 of the aforementioned dictionary (Volume A-Na). If I can enter an average of a page of the dictionary a day into my dictionary, I should be able to get through to the letter J by the end of the year. This is my goal for 2016.
I’ll periodically post my progress regarding this challenge throughout 2016.
Have a great 2016!
Love, Speed, and Accuracy,
Elsie Villega
October 30
2015
Steno Style: Chanel Spring/Summer 2016
October 29
2015
