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Author: Pitman Publishing

Publisher: Teach Yourself

Pitman Shorthand Book New Era Pdf

The Manual of Phonography (being Part 1 of Pitman's Shorthand Instructor) - An Exposition of Sir Isaac Pitman's System of Phonography or Phonetic Shorthand. Designed for Class or Self-instruction. Published by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., London Seller: Makovski Books, Southampton, United Kingdom. This work is a presentation of the system of phonetic shorthand, the elementary parts of which were originally invented by Isaac Pitman, of Bath, England, in 1837; which was modified, improved, and named 'Phonography' by him, in 1840; and which, developed and perfected through the suggestions, experiments, and tests of a multitude of practical writers in England. Pitman shorthand, system of rapid writing based on the sounds of words (i.e., the phonetic principle) rather than on conventional spellings. Invented by Sir Isaac Pitman, an English educator, the Pitman shorthand method was first published in 1837 as Stenographic Sound Hand.

ISBN: 1444102966

Category: Business & Economics

Page: 256

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Gain a working vocabulary in Pitman 2000 in clear and easy stages Shorthand is a valuable asset to everyone, young or old, in private or business life and Pitman 2000 is a system designed for easy learning, with a speed potential to meet the demands of a modern fast-moving world. Get Started in Shorthand Pitman 2000 is a beginner's guide to the basic theory and will give you a working vocabulary in Pitman 2000 in clear and easy stages. Each of the main sections contains a new set of sounds and rules, short forms, phrases and exercises, including audio exercises on an accompanying CD. Review exercises give you the opportunity to consolidate material already covered, and a key to the exercises enable you to measure your rate of progress throughout the book. Written to make self-tuition both simple and stimulating and based on original Pitman Publishing material, this authoritative book is indispensable to anyone seeking a first or refresher course in Pitman 2000. Learn effortlessly with a new easy-to-read page design and interactive features: Not got much time? One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started. Author insights Lots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author's many years of experience. Test yourself Tests in the book and online to keep track of your progress. Extend your knowledge Extra online articles to give you a richer understanding of the subject. Five things to remember Quick refreshers to help you remember the key facts. Try this Innovative exercises illustrate what you?ve learnt and how to use it.

Welcome to the ✨Current Corner✨

Pitman Shorthand Book

If you were looking for Henry Sweet’s Manual of Current Shorthand from 1892, you’ve found it!It is the (Henry) Sweetest shorthand ever.It is truly and entirely lineal, and it looks really darn fancy written with a broad edge pen.

The Manual

• The Preface positions Current against Pitman and Gabelsberger/Stolze, enumerates the advantages of Current, and recaps the development of the system.
  • It ends with a downer: everyone Sweet was excited to show the finished, printed version of the shorthand he’d been working on for a decade had died before he got to that point. E-hugs from the future, Señor Sweet. Publishing paid off!
• Orthographic Current describes the orthographic system. It provides a fast way to write words as they are spelt (orthographically), as opposed to how they are pronounced (phonetically).
  • The original text is about 25 handwritten pages describing the system followed by 15 pages of example texts demonstrating it at work. It’s a simpler system than Phonetic Current (so many fewer vowels!), so it’s a good place to start.
  • As of 1 January 2021, transcription of the Orthographic manual is complete. (It might in future be enhanced with further section headings and a transcription of the specimens not transcribed in the original manual.)
• Phonetic Current describes the phonetic system. The system is described in around 80 handwritten pages. These are followed by about 13 pages of example texts.
  • Transcription is a work in progress.
  • As of 18 Jan 2021, the text is complete through the initial vowel inventory. Work is underwear on the consonants.

Learning the Shorthand

Sweet was a good phoneticist, but not a good shorthand instructor. At least two regular writers of the shorthand — the journalist Thomas Satchell, who was noted for reliably writing the phonetic style at 150 WPM and teaching many students Current in Japan, and the lawyer FJO Coddington, who used Current in his work — are on record offering to provide or to write a better manual, but the publisher wasn’t interested.

Instead of those phantom manuals,your best pal might be Zach Smith’sA Curriculum of Current Phonetic Shorthand (April 2020),which tries “to lay out some of the same information contained in the manual in a more systematic and searchable way.”Think of it as a primer for the manual - it won’t replace it, but it will prevent it from actively confusing you.

You’ll also find writers sharing Current snippets and reviewing each other’s work within ther/shorthand Reddit community.That community is your best bet for getting feedback and answering any questions you might have about Current shorthand.