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Shorthand for people who never got around to learning shorthand.
means A simplified system for writing fast using ordinary letters and a few symbols instead of true stenographic shorthand, meant to be learned quickly and used for rapid note-taking or dictation.
from Coined as a trademark-style name in the 20th century for a commercial shorthand alternative, built simply from 'speed' plus 'writing' — the name doing its own advertising, promising quick mastery against older systems like Pitman or Gregg shorthand, which took years of training to use well.
- actual method
- uses normal alphabet letters, not symbols
- origin
- developed in the 1920s as stenography lite
- speed claim
- can hit 80 to 120 words per minute
- tradeoff
- faster to learn, slower than true shorthand