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  2. Pitman shorthand - Wikipedia

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    Pitman shorthand is a system of shorthand for the English language developed by Englishman Sir Isaac Pitman (1813–1897), who first presented it in 1837. [1] Like most systems of shorthand, it is a phonetic system; the symbols do not represent letters, but rather sounds, and words are, for the most part, written as they are spoken.

  3. Isaac Pitman - Wikipedia

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    Memorial plaque of Isaac Pitman in Bath Abbey Stamp issued to mark the centenary of Pitman's birth.. Sir Isaac Pitman (4 January 1813 – 22 January 1897) [1] was an English publisher and teacher of the English language who developed the most widely used system of shorthand, known now as Pitman shorthand.

  4. Personal Shorthand - Wikipedia

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    Personal Shorthand, originally known as Briefhand in the 1950s, is a completely alphabetic shorthand. There are three basic categories of written shorthand. Best known are pure symbol (stenographic) shorthand systems (e.g., Gregg , Pitman ).

  5. English Phonotypic Alphabet - Wikipedia

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    [6] [7] As such, Pitman and Ellis gave their alphabet the alternative name of Phonotypy or, even more phonetically, Fonotypy. It was designed to be the print form extension of Pitman Shorthand, a form of abbreviated phonetic handwriting. [8] It is closely associated with Phonetic Longhand, which is the handwritten, or script, form of Phonotypy. [9]

  6. List of shorthand systems - Wikipedia

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    Burmese Shorthand 1952 Zwe Ohn Chein Burmese Burnz' Fonic Shorthand: 1896: Eliza Boardman Burnz: English: Carissimi Shorthand [11] 1940: Juan Antonio Carissimi: Spanish: Caton Scientific Shorthand [12] [13] Thomas Jasper Caton: Century 21 Shorthand [14] Characterie [15] 1588: Timothy Bright: English: Conen de Prépean Shorthand [16] 1813: Louis ...

  7. Initial Teaching Alphabet - Wikipedia

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    The I.T.A. originally had 43 symbols, which was expanded to 44, then 45. Each symbol predominantly represented a single English sound (including affricates and diphthongs), but there were complications due to the desire to avoid making the I.T.A. needlessly different from standard English spelling (which would make the transition from the I.T.A. to standard spelling more difficult), and in ...

  8. Teeline shorthand - Wikipedia

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    Teeline is a shorthand system developed in 1968 by James Hill, [1] a teacher of Pitman shorthand. [2] It is accepted by the National Council for the Training of Journalists, which certifies the training of journalists in the United Kingdom. [2]

  9. Pitman Training Group - Wikipedia

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    A complete stenographic text-book. In 1837, Pitman Training’s founder, Sir Isaac Pitman, invented shorthand writing and published his system in a pamphlet titled Stenographic Sound-Hand. [2] Less than a decade later, in 1843, Pitman established the Phonetic Institute in Bath, which served as both a publishing house and a marketing centre. [3]