Steno Wizard learned a smattering of brief phrases courtesy of the Philadelphia Clinic Theory (incorporating others picked up along the way) and thought it would be awesome to share these.
On the left-hand side of the keyboard...
KWRA I can't
KWREU I didn't
KWRU I couldn't
KWRAO I wouldn't
SKWRA you can't
SKWRO you don't
SKWRU you couldn't
SKWRAO you wouldn't
Then hook up these to the above strokes from the right-hand side of the keyboard...
-S say
-Z see
-NK think
-NKS think so
-MT mean to
-MTS mean to say
-BL believe
-BLS believe so
-NTS notice
-NDZ understand
-J imagine
-RKT recollect
-R remember
-RL recall
-RLS realize
-F have
-N know
-T tell
-TS tell us
-K care
-FG figure
-RZ recognize
-L like
-PT want
These are great for increasing Q&A speed.
I've also seen "I can't" KWRA and then "you can't" KWA
ReplyDeletelifting up the R only instead of adding the S for the "you" phrases
Wow, now that's something new for me. Hmmm...that's a really interesting concept. Thank you so much for sharing.
ReplyDeleteWhat about I can, you can, I did, you did etc? So tired of being stuck in my speed and want badly to progress.
ReplyDeleteI write you can U-BG
ReplyDeleteI can AOEUBG so EUBG is my -ic suffix
you did URPLS (stolen from Mark Kislingbury - champion writer)
I did EURPLS
we did WERPLS
they did THERPLS
she did SHERPLS
he did ERPLS
I do EURPBLGS
you do URPBLGS
they do THERPBLGS
we do WERPBLGS
I know those keys may seem weird, but keep an open mind. We write the J- as SKWR, and that's nowhere close to looking like a J.
If there's anything more specific you'd like me to suggest, please feel free to email me at Stenowizard@gmail.com
I'm happy to try to assist you in your journey.
I hope you're prioritizing your practice -- which means when you're still fresh. :) I often tell people do not wait to practice until you've done everything else in your day and FINALLY sit down to practice.
I greatly appreciate your reply! I'm going to start practicing all of these. I really wish phrasing was talked about more in theory. Thank you!!!
DeleteI downloaded the Philly Clinic dictionary from the stenovations site, and I have a Philly Clinic manual. Is it possible to use that dictionary and the manual as the basis for its own theory or do i need to learn another theory underneath it?
ReplyDeleteOr should i focus on a base theory, then just add the phily briefs to my dictionary?
ReplyDeleteI would suggest that you focus on your base theory, and then you can fine-tune and tweak your writing to your heart's content. You can add the Philly briefs as you need them. You are in control of your choices -- Philadelphia Clinic, Magnum Steno Theory, etc.
ReplyDeletePhilly is its own theory, and I am not familiar with what you've downloaded from Stenovations. I am not 100% certain that Philadelphia Clinic is completely realtime compatible. There's probably tweaks and fine-tuning that needs to be done with it too.
I'm not overly concerned with real time compatibility because I'm a hobbyist and not a future court reporter or CART provider. I just want to write faster for worwork! :) I'm not sure what is all in that dictionary either, it is in exe format and I have no idea what opens it. I need dictionaries in RTF to add to Plover. Thanks for replaying. I think you just answered more questions from me under a different email -- I changed computers = diff log ins.
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