the Pitman system of shorthand

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• Pitman, Gregg —    Shorthand is an old system for quickly recording speeches. Marcus Tullius Tiro invented what has come to be known as the Tironian system. Tiro was a freedman and amanuensis of Cicero. The ampersand (&), a contraction of the Latin and, is still …   Dictionary of eponyms

• shorthand — /shawrt hand /, n. 1. a method of rapid handwriting using simple strokes, abbreviations, or symbols that designate letters, words, or phrases (distinguished from longhand). 2. a simplified or makeshift manner or system of communication: We spoke… …   Universalium

• Shorthand — is an abbreviated and/or symbolic writing method that increases speed or brevity of writing as compared to a normal method of writing a language. The process of writing in shorthand is called stenography, from the Greek stenos (narrow) and graphē …   Wikipedia

• Pitman — may refer to: * Pitman, New Jersey * Pitman Shorthand, a system of shorthand * Pitman arm, a vehicle steering component * A connecting rod in an engine * Pitman (Game Boy), a Game Boy game * Pitman Press, a British publisher * Pitman Publishing,… …   Wikipedia

• Pitman shorthand — Infobox Writing system name = Pitman shorthand type = Borderline abugida abjad typedesc = shorthand creator=Isaac Pitman time = 1837–present languages = English children = Pitman s New Era Pitman s 2000 sample = Pitman.pngPitman shorthand is a… …   Wikipedia

• Pitman shorthand — ▪ writing system       system of rapid writing based on the sounds of words (i.e., the phonetic principle) rather than on conventional spellings. Invented by Sir Isaac Pitman (Pitman, Sir Isaac), an English educator, the Pitman shorthand method… …   Universalium

• Pitman, Sir Isaac — ▪ English educator and inventor born Jan. 4, 1813, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, Eng. died Jan. 12, 1897, Somerset  English educator and inventor of the shorthand system named for him.       After clerking in a textile mill, Pitman entered a training… …   Universalium

• The Stenographers' Guild — Infobox Non profit Non profit name = The Stenographers Guild Non profit Non profit type = Education founded date = 1937 founder = N. Subramania Iyer location = T. Nagar, Chennai, India origins = key people = S.V. Ramaswamy, President area served …   Wikipedia

• The New Church — New Church redirects here. For the Amsterdam church, see New Church (Amsterdam). The New Church Classification New Christian Orientation Swedenborgian Polity congregational, episcopal …   Wikipedia

• Gregg shorthand —       system of rapid writing based on the sounds of words that uses the curvilinear motion of ordinary longhand. Devised by the Irishman John Robert Gregg (Gregg, John Robert) (1867–1948), who originally called it light line phonography and… …   Universalium

• History of the alphabet — The history of the alphabet begins in Ancient Egypt, more than a millennium into the history of writing. The first pure alphabet emerged around 2000 BCE to represent the language of Semitic workers in Egypt (see Middle Bronze Age alphabets), and… …   Wikipedia