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Shorthand

Shorthand is an abbreviated symbolic writing method that increases speed and brevity of writing as compared to longhand, a more common method of writing a language. The process of writing in shorthand is called stenography, from the Greek stenos (narrow) and graphein (to write). It has also been called brachygraphy, from Greek brachys (short), and…

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Avg. degree1.98
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related to Classical antiquity · 27
Shorthand → AD, After, Ancient Greece, Apollonios, BC, Carolingian Renaissance, Cato, Cato's, Cicero, Cicero's, Hellenistic, In, In Ancient Rome, Latin, Life, Marcus Tullius Tiro, Middle Egypt, Over, Oxyrhynchos, Parthenon
related to Europe and North America · 27
Shorthand → An, An Arte, Bright's, Character, Characterie, Each, Edmond Willis, Edmond Willis's An, England, In, Isaac Newton, It, John Willis's Art, Peter Bales' The Writing, Samuel Pepys, Schoolemaster, Secrete Writing, Shelton, Shelton's, Shorte
related to Notable shorthand systems · 27
Shorthand → BriefhandPitman, Chandler, Cross, Current Shorthand, Deutsche Einheitskurzschrift, Duployan, Duployé, Eclectic, Emma Dearborn, Faulmann, Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, Gabelsberger, German, German Unified Shorthand, Henry Sweet, Isaac Pitman, James Eugene Munson, James Hill, John Robert Gregg, Marcus Tullius Tiro
see also · 21
Shorthand → Abbreviation, Abbreviations, Alternative English-language, Assisted, Computing, EnglishSpeech-to-text, Historical, Human, InternetInterpreting, Interpreters, Maratha EmpireQuikscript, Microphone, Person, Phonemic, Process, Shortened, Slang, Specialized, Type, Writing
related to Systems resembling standard writing · 18
Shorthand → Alphabetic, Early, Easy Script Speed Writing, Examples, Forkner, However, Keyscript Shorthand, Latin, Non-stenographic, PDA, Personal Shorthand, Some, Speedwriting, Stenoscript, Such, SuperWrite, These, Yash3k
related to Varieties of vowel representation · 16
Shorthand → Abjad, Abugida, Alphabetic, Arends, Boyd, Duployan, Expression, German, Gregg, Marked, Melin's Swedish Shorthand, Mixed, No, Pitman, Positional, Taylor
related to Common modern English shorthand systems · 15
Shorthand → Gregg, In, John Robert Gregg, Journalists, National Council, New Zealand, One, Other, Pitman, Pitman's, PitmanScript, Speedwriting, Teeline, Training, UK
related to Machine shorthand systems · 15
Shorthand → Bulgaria, France, French-speaking, Grandjean Stenotype, However, Italy, Machine, Michela Stenotype, Palantype, Some, Stenokey, These, Traditional, UK, Velotype
related to Geometric and script-like systems · 12
Shorthand → Boyd's, Chinook Jargon, Duployé, Examples, French Prévost-Delaunay, Geometric, Kamloops Wawa, Pitman, Samuel Taylor's Universal Stenography, Shorthands, Stenographic, The
related to Japan · 12
Shorthand → Caver, Hayatokun, In, Ishimura, Iwamura, Kotani, Kumassaki, Nissokuken, Speed Waapuro, The, Tsuguo Kaneko There, Yamane

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