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Remember when life was simple and all you had to do was make a selection on what your steno really meant? Those days are long gone.





Reporters must get themselves into top realtime form to compete in today's job market. This is my contribution toward ALL of us reaching the realtime goal.



My Steno Wizardry concept is based on the idea that writing realtime actually doesn't require magic -- just hard work, determination, and a little bit of FUN imagination.



My hope is my sharing of the ideas I've incorporated into my realtime journey will assist you in yours.



Monday, April 19, 2021

Adding "few" and "ago" to some common phrases

I'm sure we've all learned the particular phrases below during our court reporting school days.




In an effort to grow our repertoire, we can add the  -F key to add "few" -- with the addition of an -S or -Z for the plural versions.  

We can also add the -G key for the word "ago."  How spectacular is that!


SKWREBGD, the -G is already in the outline for the phrase "just a second."  In order to add "ago" to the phrase,  my suggestion is to add the asterisk, SKWR*EBGD.  Voila!  Just a second ago! 

It's easy enough to add the -F and the -Z to transform the phrase to "just a few seconds" SKWREFBGDZ and add the asterisk SKWR*EFBGDZ for "just a few seconds ago."

Bonus - if you phrase "quite a while" KWAOEUL, you can add the -G for "quite a while ago" -- KWAOEULG. 

Double bonus - you can also add the -G to some time ago - STAOEUPLG.

😁  It pays to phrase!!!!!!!


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