hi, I'm from México and I'm studying pitman's shorthand method. do you know something about the triple circle. I have a book where the triple circle is mentioned but it doesn't have any example of it.
@Phyletron I do not know what you mean about the "triple circle". A large-sized circle is sometimes used to show two S-sounds one after the other, like in words "necessary" or "exercise". If you make exercise plural you slip another small circle opposite the big one, "exercises". But a triple circle, I don't recognize that. Do you have an example-word in English or Spanish that uses it?
@Phyletron No, I'm afraid I don't recognize what a "triple circle" would be. It could be just a large circle. There is a principle that, to distinguish things clearly, you make a large thing 3 times as large as the small thing. Such as in Morse code, a "dash" must be 3 times the length of a "dot". So the large circle would indeed appear in words like "suceso" if you pronounce it suk-sesso (so it is small-circle S, line for K and large circle for S-S.).
"Marine" is written with a hook -n instead of the stroke -en. You would use the outline you have there for "marina", using the final -en stroke to indicate a final vowel - great for when you don't have time to write the vowels when it's going fast.
@IcedFruitSlice00 Yeah, you're right and so is the Pitman dictionary. I'll just add an "Oops!" annotation right now, rather than having to re-video everything.
@sk8wnec You can get medium ballpoints with 1 mm balls, or even larger. I am a ham-fisted writer, like to distribute the weight so I've found 1.4 mm and even 1.6 mm tips. But the ink is used up much faster!
Wow! I normally write with all capital letters. With my normal writing speed, it takes 5.88 seconds to write "computerization" At my maximum speed, it takes 4.44 seconds, but I can barely read it then. Writing the word in Pitman slowly and carefully took about 2.59 seconds.... nearly twice as fast as my normal speed. Thanks for posting!
It is a bit of a fluke that Pitman shorthand has a shortcut for a S-SHUN sound-combination (or any close sound) that is as quick to write as a little pigtail motion. All these various tricks add up to the memory load, though.
This seems pretty neat. Very useful for taking fast notes and whatnot. I think I might actually learn this. I gotta admit though. What I also like about it is that it looks like you're writing in some alien language lol.
Oh, I am a bit late to reply, but Pitman Shorthand WAS used as an alien language. It was the language of the Vogons in the comedy sci-fi movie THE HITCH-HIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY (2005), based on the radio plays, books, TV series, etc. by the late Douglas Adams. I could easily read the Vogon for "Demolition Order", "Presidential Release Form", "Information Deleted" and "Depressed? Try Destruction Therapy!" But I'd have to freeze-frame to read a page of truly awful Vogon poetry...
The secret is that I discovered that my movie function on my camera also had a macro mode, and you could also adjust the white balance to tell it "this paper should be white not yellow" even under fluorescent lights.
hi, I'm from México and I'm studying pitman's shorthand method. do you know something about the triple circle. I have a book where the triple circle is mentioned but it doesn't have any example of it.
thank you!
Phyletron 1 month ago
@Phyletron I do not know what you mean about the "triple circle". A large-sized circle is sometimes used to show two S-sounds one after the other, like in words "necessary" or "exercise". If you make exercise plural you slip another small circle opposite the big one, "exercises". But a triple circle, I don't recognize that. Do you have an example-word in English or Spanish that uses it?
Dracopol 1 month ago
@Dracopol I can think of this two example-words in Spanish: could be "asociación" or "suceso"
Thank you very much!
Phyletron 1 month ago
@Phyletron No, I'm afraid I don't recognize what a "triple circle" would be. It could be just a large circle. There is a principle that, to distinguish things clearly, you make a large thing 3 times as large as the small thing. Such as in Morse code, a "dash" must be 3 times the length of a "dot". So the large circle would indeed appear in words like "suceso" if you pronounce it suk-sesso (so it is small-circle S, line for K and large circle for S-S.).
Dracopol 1 month ago
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ruvanoanne 1 year ago
"Marine" is written with a hook -n instead of the stroke -en. You would use the outline you have there for "marina", using the final -en stroke to indicate a final vowel - great for when you don't have time to write the vowels when it's going fast.
IcedFruitSlice00 1 year ago
@IcedFruitSlice00 Yeah, you're right and so is the Pitman dictionary. I'll just add an "Oops!" annotation right now, rather than having to re-video everything.
Dracopol 1 year ago
Just looks like a solid line for your traditional bp.
sk8wnec 1 year ago
@sk8wnec You can get medium ballpoints with 1 mm balls, or even larger. I am a ham-fisted writer, like to distribute the weight so I've found 1.4 mm and even 1.6 mm tips. But the ink is used up much faster!
Dracopol 1 year ago
@sk8wnec Oh, please don't say "BP" these days! LOL!
Dracopol 1 year ago
Which pen are you using>
sk8wnec 1 year ago
@sk8wnec Nothing special to it, a simple ballpoint pen.
Dracopol 1 year ago
Wow! I normally write with all capital letters. With my normal writing speed, it takes 5.88 seconds to write "computerization" At my maximum speed, it takes 4.44 seconds, but I can barely read it then. Writing the word in Pitman slowly and carefully took about 2.59 seconds.... nearly twice as fast as my normal speed. Thanks for posting!
amishrockstar 2 years ago
It is a bit of a fluke that Pitman shorthand has a shortcut for a S-SHUN sound-combination (or any close sound) that is as quick to write as a little pigtail motion. All these various tricks add up to the memory load, though.
Dracopol 2 years ago
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BeatleBoy1221 2 years ago
This seems pretty neat. Very useful for taking fast notes and whatnot. I think I might actually learn this. I gotta admit though. What I also like about it is that it looks like you're writing in some alien language lol.
RedCrescentDemon 2 years ago
Oh, I am a bit late to reply, but Pitman Shorthand WAS used as an alien language. It was the language of the Vogons in the comedy sci-fi movie THE HITCH-HIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY (2005), based on the radio plays, books, TV series, etc. by the late Douglas Adams. I could easily read the Vogon for "Demolition Order", "Presidential Release Form", "Information Deleted" and "Depressed? Try Destruction Therapy!" But I'd have to freeze-frame to read a page of truly awful Vogon poetry...
Dracopol 2 years ago
Wow, these are great!
Makes such a difference.
-Brian
ocergnairb 2 years ago
The secret is that I discovered that my movie function on my camera also had a macro mode, and you could also adjust the white balance to tell it "this paper should be white not yellow" even under fluorescent lights.
Dracopol 2 years ago