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Lesson 5

 

UPSTROKES
 

Pitman's New Era Shorthand

Ell Way Yay

L is another quarter of a circle and Way and Yay are written at a shallow 30 degree angle.

 

There are no thick upstrokes.

A vowel before is written to the left of the stroke.
A vowel after is written to the right of the stroke.
 

Pitman's New Era Shorthand

ale/ail lay low laid load led/lead

 

Pitman's New Era Shorthand

elbow ledge lake locate leg

 

Pitman's New Era Shorthand

loaf love lull lush lame

 

Pitman's New Era Shorthand

lunch length fellow envelope

 

Pitman's New Era Shorthand

pale pole bell below bowl

 

Pitman's New Era Shorthand

tale/tail delay delayed dull

 

Pitman's New Era Shorthand

jail gel coal cull

 

Pitman's New Era Shorthand

goal gale mole male/mail

 

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mull Mel weigh woe

 

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yay/yea yo yoke/yolk yellow

 

Way and Yay are steepened and lengthened very slightly when they are followed by a downstroke, so that the bases of both strokes remain reasonably level:
 

Pitman's New Era Shorthand
web wade/weighed wed

 

Pitman's New Era Shorthand

wage wedge yep

Short Forms
 

Pitman's New Era Shorthand
lord we

Short form "lord" is only used for the noun or title, and not used for the personal surname.

Phrases
 

Most phrases are combinations of short forms, as these are the commonest words. Where a phrase contains a normal outline, it generally leaves out any vowel signs, as long as it is clear what the phrase says. In the examples below  "they" is not vocalised, as the short form "them" would not make sense:

 

we have, we do, we shall be, we shall have

In the middle or end of phrases, stroke L is used for the verb "will":
 

Pitman's New Era Shorthand
it will be, which will, which will have, which will be

 

Pitman's New Era Shorthand

who will, who will be, they will, they will be, they will have


The phrased L stroke is not used for the noun or a personal name, as in "He has a strong will" "This is her last will and testament" "His name is Will".

 

The full outline for "will" and the phrase "we will" are covered in a later lesson.

 

SUMMARY

  • Straight upstrokes are written at a shallow angle

  • A vowel before is written to the left of an upstroke

  • A vowel after is written to the right of an upstroke

  • Way and Yay are slightly steeper when followed by a straight downstroke

 

EXTRA VOCABULARY

 

Pitman's New Era Shorthand

lope elope lobe luck

 

Pitman's New Era Shorthand

loco lathe loathe loth

 

loam lung lunge polo

 

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pulp bale/bail bulb bulk

 

Pitman's New Era Shorthand

bellowed belch bulge Belgium

 

Pitman's New Era Shorthand

toll dole dale delve

 

Pitman's New Era Shorthand

jello kale gull gulp

 

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gulf mulch mellow mellowed

 

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yellowed yuck yum yo-yo

 

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