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[–] capt_wolf 31 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

Let's all go back to learning shorthand!

This is what my arthritic handwriting looks like anyway...

[–] Anticorp 21 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Shorthand is pretty badass. My mother knows how to read and write it, and I envy the speed at which she can take notes. A bonus for her was that she could write stuff down when we were kids and nobody could read it.

[–] capt_wolf 9 points 11 months ago

I always wanted to learn, but the farthest I ever got was professional level typing. My mother in law is a paralegal and says she rarely ever uses it anymore.

[–] TheActualDevil 11 points 11 months ago

Weird they call it shorthand. That looks like a lot of writing just to say "Gregg."

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

wait, that's an actual script? I thought it was just slang!

[–] Anticorp 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Court reporters learn it. They can transcribe conversations by hand. It's pretty wild. From what I understand of it, each symbol is a word, or combination of words.

[–] joel_feila 4 points 11 months ago

Its more just writing the sounds with othet short cuts.