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prog ([personal profile] prog) wrote2009-04-29 06:43 pm

Shorthand

This is a curious image of a reporter writing in shorthand, found by [livejournal.com profile] dougo.

My whole life I understood the word "shorthand" as a synonym for "abbreviation", not a complete and formal writing system that looks like alien script to the uninitiated. But the commenters on that photograph say it's so, and Wikipedia agrees, with yet more graphic evidence. Very interesting!

[identity profile] prog.livejournal.com 2009-05-01 02:40 pm (UTC)(link)
And I just left a comment on the photo that links back to this LJ thread, which might be even more awesome.