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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.
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 ...
The preface of the Instructor states explicitly that the system is known as Pitman's Shorthand (Pitman's Shorthand Instructor New Era Edition, preface, page v) and is similarly described in the preceding Centenary Edition of the Instructor, and before that the Twentieth Century Edition of the Instructor (c.1900).
Evans had been inspired by the success of Sequoyah's Cherokee syllabary [failed verification] after encountering problems with Latin-based alphabets, and drew on his knowledge of Devanagari and Pitman shorthand. [4] [5] Canadian syllabics would in turn influence the Pollard script, which is used to write various Hmong-Mien and Lolo-Burmese ...
Before Tironian shorthand became popularized, literature professor Anthony Di Renzo explains, "no true Latin shorthand existed." The only systematized form of abbreviation in Latin was used for legal notations (notae juris). This system, however, was deliberately abstruse and accessible only to people with specialized knowledge.
Duployan is a Unicode block containing characters for various Duployan shorthands, including French Duployéan, Chinook Writing, Romanian shorthand, and the English Sloan-Duployan, Pernin, and Perrault shorthands. [3] It is the first block of shorthand characters included in the Unicode Standard. [1]
Marie Bethell Beauclerc (10 October 1845 – 19 September 1897) was a pioneer in the teaching of Pitman's shorthand and typing in Birmingham, England.In 1888 she was the first woman to be appointed as a teacher in an English boys' public school, at Rugby School.
English: A shorthand example in Benn Pitmann system, published in The Business Man's Encyclopedia, 1905. Transcription: "For the third time the Congress of the United States are assembled to commemorate the life and the death of a president slain by the hand of an assassin.