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Comment by Janiece Young on May 16, 2015 at 9:54

its  =  TS

it's   = *TS

it is = EUTS

Comment by Ann Medis on May 16, 2015 at 9:46

it is   EUTS

it's    AOEUTS

its     OEUTS  (poissessive form)   

Comment by Kelli Combs (admin) on May 16, 2015 at 9:01

Anyone have any suggestions for "its" and "it's"?  I write them the same and am constantly having to change one or the other.  Ugh!!

Comment by Janiece Young on May 7, 2015 at 7:54

Hey, Grant, thank you so much for sharing how you handle French words.  That is so helpful!  Great ideas. :-)

Comment by Grant on May 7, 2015 at 7:52

Just thought I'd let you know how I handle French words that we use in English, especially because French is pretty much my first language, and I wrote a French theory manual, Sténotypie Bourdon, about 10 years ago.

Let's take "niche."  In French, it's pronounced NEESH.  I prefer to keep the actual vowel I (short in this case) because it's how I'd write the word in French in steno anyway, so NIRB, but I also keep the entries NIFP or NAOEFP because sometimes that's how we might hear it in English (a mispronunciation actually).

Similarly, the word "pique" is a French word, so I prefer to use the short vowel I (from the actual spelling)  and include an asterisk (P*IK) because that's because I stenotype in French as well.  PIK, of course, is "pick."

I am cognizant of the fact that many of you probably don't know any or just a little French, so I also keep PAO*EK (pique) in my dictionary for my students.

There are many French words that have crept into English, so this information is just some background for you. 

Rèsumé is another example.  I have two entries:  RES/ME and RES/MAI, though I prefer the former. because, again, that's the spelling.

The acute accented E (é) in French is actually pronounced as a long A.  FYI, I also use a "quick stroke" (my term) for it as SMAE, but my point here is to let you know about the French vowel sounds.

If there are any other French words that you come across and think you want to handle differently, just let me know.  Perhaps I can offer more input.

Grant

Comment by Janiece Young on May 4, 2015 at 13:43

I agree, Sam.  I thought of that after I made the post, LOL.  Thank you!

Comment by Naola "Sam" Vaughn on May 4, 2015 at 13:41

Why not PAO*EKS or PAO*EKZ? 

Comment by Janiece Young on May 4, 2015 at 13:20

peeks  =  PAOEKZ

peaks = PA*EKZ

piques =  ???

Cannot use a short vowel on piques because that would be pecks.  I could use a short vowel on piques and add the asterisk

piques = P*EKZ

Any suggestions?

Comment by Quyen on March 22, 2015 at 21:26

PARM is a conflict for me, but I added an asterisk to both, and they work. Thank you! Now I'll just have to remember to use them. :)

Comment by LeAnne Law on March 22, 2015 at 11:58

How about PARM and PARB?

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