More methods to resolve proper names

How about a sure way to resolve some proper names and a few of their more common spelling variations?   There are a few suggestions to help build perfect translation for names you may not have in your steno database yet.  

SW writes the Y- as KWR.  Here's a new ending the starts off with the KWR:

KWR-PB for suffix -yn

Megyn MEG/KWR-PB      
Robyn ROB/KWR-PB
Lauryn LAUR/KWR-PB
Jordyn JORD/KWR-PB
Karyn KAEUR/KWR-PB

-PB for -en or -an

Megan MEG/-PB
Robin ROB/-PB
Lauren HRAURPB or HRAUR/-PB
Jordan SKWRORD/-PB


HR*ERBG for suffix -ley

Ashley ARB/HR*ERBG
Hadley HAD/HR*ERBG --- or H (the stroke for had) H/HR*ERBG
Bayley PWAEU/HR*ERBG
Wesley WES/HR*ERBG
Westley WEFT/HR*ERBG (yes, I know, but this is legit)
Lesley LES/HR*ERBG
Farley TPAR/HR*ERBG

TPH*ERBG for suffix -ney

Whitney   WHEUT/TPH*ERBG
Carney KAR/TPH*ERBG
Barney PWAR/TPH*ERBG


Another possibly mind-blowing concept is using -RBG for the -Y.

Trey TRERBG
Payton PARBG/TOPB
Peyton PERBG/TOPB


Spelling may just help after all:

Meghan MEG/HAPB
Zach STKAFP
Zack STKABG
Tre TRE*
Trae TRA*E

Proper Name Briefs

Realtime and captioning is full of proper names.   Steno Wizard is sharing some proper name briefs that have become more of a necessity to keep up in the steno realtime world.   Perhaps you'll like them or they'll spark an idea or two.   There's a previous post from a few years back with some suggestions, and hopefully SW won't repeat too many.   Unfortunately, names can also be spelled a few different ways, but these are the ones that SW uses for the common ones.

Christopher KREUFR
Jeffrey JAEFR
Geoffrey GAEFR
Jeff JEF
Geoff GEF
Jessica JAEFK
Joseph JOEF
Stephanie STA*EFPB
Brittany BRAE*NT
Tiffany TA*EFN
John JO*N
Jon J*UN
Jonathan JAO*N
Victor VEURKT
Victoria V*EURKT
Alexander STKAERND
Alexandria STKA*ERND
Kimberly KBERL
Ashley AERBL
Elizabeth L*EUBZ
Elisabeth L*EUBS
Maria MRA*
Mario MRO*
Carlos KAORLS
Carlo KAORL
Samantha SMANGT
Debbie DAEB
Madison MADZ
Margaret MARGT
Janet JAENT
Preston PR*ETS
Ramos RAO*MS
Stamos STAO*MS
Morales MO*RLS
Jarod JAORD
Jared JAERD
Daniel DANL
Danielle DA*NL
Zachary STKAERK
Zacharia STKA*ERK
Natalie TPHAELT

Court Reporting & Captioning Week

It's been a fantastic week to celebrate Court Reporting & Captioning Week.  I've been so excited to see how much this celebration of our skills has grown.   What a great idea!   I've loved seeing all the posts on social media and television.  Proud to be a steno writer!

Steno Wizard's latest foray into hyphenation

Steno Wizard spied this in a captioning group, and it is so awesome!  My writing is a work in progress, so I love trying out new ideas.  I'm sharing with you just in case you want to try it out too.

For a few years now, I've been writing TO* for -to-   which is a nice, quick way to put hyphens in for a myriad of words.   To share one example, bride-to-be.   Looks pretty when it translates with the hyphens in the appropriate places.    Other examples can be found in an earlier posting. 

So...to expand on this concept...

-on-  OINZ
-by- BO*EUZ
-for- FOIZ
-of- YOIFZ
-and- AINZ
-in- Y*INZ


They're all probably defined with both the asterisk and without in my personal dictionary. 



Next, this is another idea I've been implementing lately. 

-related R*ELTD
-type TAO*EUP
-like HRAO*EUK
-free TPRAO*E
-prone  PRO*EN