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Comment by Christine Kirley on May 27, 2009 at 23:20

Yes, Boot Camp works well for operating steno software on the Mac. It's great to have both platforms in one computer.

Just started chapter 3 today in Little Britches.

My favorite brief of yours today was criteria (KRA for those looking for a great one-stroke for that.) Sometimes briefs just really stick instantly, and this is one of those for me. Also, infrastructure (FRUK). I had a case that was Infrastructure Services, blah, blah, blah and was so glad to have that brief -- THANKS, MARK!!

Comment by Mark Kislingbury on May 27, 2009 at 22:43

Thanks, Michelle!
Jill, funny! There are wide-key-ophobes out there. I like to say, steno is like yoga - different people master different "moves," and anyone can learn any of them if they set their mind to it.

Comment by Jill S. Driscoll on May 27, 2009 at 21:16

Yes! Brenda knows my foibles all too well!! I am a wide-key-a-phobe. I am not hopeless, but really close. ;)

Comment by Brenda Rogers on May 27, 2009 at 21:12

I can picture poor Jill, curled up in a ball in a corner somewhere, wimpering at the thought of having to use the *F stroke! ;)

Comment by Michelle DeSanti on May 27, 2009 at 18:59

omg I can't write these all down fast enough. Great ideas!

And Mark, I see things like that plate all the time. Love that stuff. My neighbors have car decals for the school they attend. The emblem is a cat paw with the school's initials in each toe. It looks like this: TKA!
I haven't got the heart to tell them what I phonetically read it as but crack up each time.

Comment by Mark Kislingbury on May 27, 2009 at 17:19

My outlines for some of what you-all have been discussing:

tell me TEM, get me GEM, give me GIM, can you tell me KUMT, would you tell me WAOUMT

tell you TUL, tells you TULZ, told you TULD

item TUM

testify TEF, testimony TEFT, testimonial TEFLT

Comment by Mark Kislingbury on May 27, 2009 at 17:09

Day 7 report of P-P/W-B:

99%, 90%

Looks like the comma is proving tougher than the period. I think this is because when a speaker is very fast and mentions a series, it's harder to get all the commas in, but the period is only "every once in a while" at the end of a sentence. Makes sense the comma would be harder when it gets fast.

Comment by Mark Kislingbury on May 27, 2009 at 17:07

Jill,

In my theory, safe = SAEUF and save = SA*EUF. The -V sound always gets the asterisk with the -F.

Therefore,

I have = *EUF (V-sound)
ever = *FR
every = *EFR
may have = PHA*EUF

The seminar I'm giving in June, in Texas, I'm not handing out the CAT dictionary. My Magnum Steno Briefs dictionary comes free with the purchase of the Magnum Steno book. If you already have either my StenoMaster Theory or my Magnum Steno book, you are entitled to a free copy of my digital CAT dictionary, either full dict. or the briefs version (the latter is much more useful).

Comment by Jill S. Driscoll on May 27, 2009 at 9:49

When they're reading documents or just whenever they say something like "this document says...." I do SAEUS/SAEUS, and I have that defined as says, open quotes. Same goes for reads, as follows (SFOLS/SFOLS), said, etc.

Barb, I agree with Brenda! That's a great idea!

Comment by Cathryn Bauer on May 27, 2009 at 9:23

How about THRARBGT for telemarket?

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