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The vowel signs are used mainly when a vowel stands at the beginning or the end of a word. Vowels in the middle of words are represented symbolically, mainly by varying the position and the impact of the following consonant signs. Contrary to the practice in many English shorthand systems (e.g. Pitman Shorthand), vowels are never entirely omitted.
This list contains Germanic elements of the English language which have a close corresponding Latinate form. The correspondence is semantic—in most cases these words are not cognates, but in some cases they are doublets, i.e., ultimately derived from the same root, generally Proto-Indo-European, as in cow and beef, both ultimately from PIE *gʷōus.
Script name ISO 15924 Year created Creator Primary languages Notes Abbreviated Longhand [1]: 1908: Angus Weaver: English: Short forms based around longhand writing.: Abbreviatrix
Deutsche Einheitskurzschrift (DEK, German Unified Shorthand) is a German stenography system. DEK is the official shorthand system in Germany and Austria today. It is used for word-for-word recordings of debates in the Federal Parliament of Germany.
In recent years, however, many English words have been borrowed directly from German. Typically, English spellings of German loanwords suppress any umlauts (the superscript, double-dot diacritic in Ä, Ö, Ü, ä, ö, and ü) of the original word or replace the umlaut letters with Ae, Oe, Ue, ae, oe, ue, respectively (as is done commonly in ...
Belgium will in January become the first European Union country to ban sales of disposable vapes because of concerns about their use among children and the environmental damage they can cause. The ...
Here are the first two letters for each word: FL. AS. SU. ST. GO. MI (SPANGRAM) NYT Strands Spangram Answer Today. Today's spangram answer on Sunday, January 12, 2025, is MINDBLOWN.
The media are divided about the use of the English exonyms Basle, Berne, and Zurich. ( The Times Style guide encourages the continued use of Basle and Berne. [1] ) Usage may also depend on context; the spelling Kleve could be used in a news story about an incident in that city, but the fourth wife of Henry VIII of England is always referred to ...