My Abbreviations and Shorthand-signs
An introduction to the various ones I've devised.
For as long as people have written by hand, those same people have wanted to shorten its tediousness and discomfort as much as possible, and of the many ways to do this Shorthand and ligatures are by far the most popular. Why write an entire word when you could substitute a sign or abbreviation in its place?
Since Childhood, writing in my diaries by hand, I had found writing somewhat cramping, and so did not write in much detail about my life, keeping everything brief as possible. Eventually I can across the concepts of shorthand, codes and Ligatures, and so gradually incorporated signs by others into my writing, and later on invented my own signs as well, something I will probably continue to build upon in the future.
In this essay I simply want to show my readers the various ligatures and shorthand signs that I have picked up in study, or invented myself, which I use in day-to-day handwriting. I shall list them all by number, and if necessary, I will explain their origins or why I assigned them the meanings I have given them.
With, a common abbreviation
From. This is actually an ancient Roman shorthand symbol I learned in my early investigations into shorthand, and it’s the only one I use.
Before
Be
Are
To
Of
Th-, used as the old English letter/rune “Thorn”.
-ng, from the International Phonetic Alphabet.
-Ing, a Modification of the previous sign.
In
If
Is
It
People
-tion, as in Motion.
Have
Wh-
Ch-
Not
Used above a letter to show that it is usually a double letter in “Normal” usage.