• Capt. Wolf
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    7 months ago

    Let’s all go back to learning shorthand!

    This is what my arthritic handwriting looks like anyway…

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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      217 months ago

      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.

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        97 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.

      • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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        127 months ago

        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.