Really!?! More Middleman Elimination

Eliminating what Steno Wizard calls the "middleman" can really help realtimers with stroking errors. Struggling to ensure one writes the right vowel keys consistently causes misstrokes for many of us.


Here's a few favorites to share:

really R-L

thing TH-G

things TH-GZ

recognize R-Z

temperature T-P

Pentagon P-G

handgun H-G

looks like HR-LZ

looked like HR-LD

point P-T

diminish TKPH-RB

finish TP-RB

punish P-RB

sentence STPH-PBS

background PW-G

busy B-Z
go ahead G-D
benefit B-FT
beneficial B-FL



Creating suffixes with the elimination technique is one of those aha moments that realtimers may want to readily embrace. Steno Wizard definitely has!


-ful -FL

-ford TP-RD

-forth TP-RGT

-first TP-RS

-front TPR-PBT

-girl TKPW-RL

-gram TKPWR-PL

-ship SH-P

-smith SPH-GT

-step ST-P

-stand ST-PBD

-struck STR-BG

-less -LS

-worth W-RGT

-worthy WERGT

-work W-RBG

-ness -PBS

-wide W-D

-size S-Z

-wise W-Z

-birth PW-RGT

-bird PW-RD

-burn PW-RPB

-burnt PW-RPBT

-like HR-BG

-side S-D

-term T-RPL

-hold H-LD

-ham H-PL

-lover HR-FR

-logic HR-PBLG

-ward W-RD

-world W-RLD

-worm W-RPL

-person P-RPB

-print PR-PBT


And some VERY lovely timesavers--

-week-old W-LD
-month-old M-LD
-year-old KWR-RLD



There's many more out there, and some you can probably think of yourself. As long as it doesn't create a conflict for you, have at it!