Combinations of vowels
ae ea ai ia ao oa au ua ay ya ei ie eo oe eu ue ey ye io oi iu ui iy yi ou uo oy yo My suspicion is that if any of these combinations occurs in a syllable of a word, one letter has a fair chance
Double Vowels
We already know that it is safe to drop one letter of double consonants but what about double vowels “a”, “e”, “i”, “o” and “u”? We learned in an earlier post that “oo” has the “u” sound and is written with a ”u”. I scanned the list of words output
Double Consonants
When a word contains double consonants, is it always safe to delete one letter? I did a deep dive into this topic by using a word finder tool to generate and examine a list of common words for every possible double consonant. I concluded the answer is yes with a
Sounds of “c”
If the letter “c” has a hard sound, it is written. However , if “c” has a soft sound like the letter “s”, just substitute the letter “s”. This commonly occurs when a word ends in “ce”. For example, words like face, race and nice can be shortened to fas, ras
What is a “word”?
My layman’s basic definition of “word” is that it is a combination of letters that have meaning. Sometimes the meaning changes depending on context but I’m gonna glide by that snake pit. The words I’m talking about are listed in the dictionary or they are slang words
Sounds of “e”
The letter “e” has two sounds called “long e” and ”short e” by those who make a living doing this stuff. The “long e” is what you hear in words like “see”, “tea”, ”key” and “field”. The “long e” sound is typed with a single “e” but the “short e”
Stand alone letters
Letters (and a few numbers) are used to represent very high usage rate words in the ChuckLyn language. Most of these will be familiar to old users of Forkner shorthand and I have included a few new to replace the graphic symbols used by Forkner as they would be impossible
Housekeeping Rules
This is a summary of ChuckLyn housekeeping rules designed to maximize typing speed by reducing keyboard touches. 1) Type only lower case letters and normal punctuation symbols except for “proper” nouns (names of specific persons, places and things) but not titles. 2) Avoid using symbols used to punctuate common abbreviations
Type The Sounds You Hear
This is easier said than done, particularly for someone who was not lucky enough to be born and educated in the good old USA, but it is what it is. Most of the rest of my posts explain how to do this, but first, I want to list a few
Answers (1)
The nauti example: Before I fork you, are you over 21? 1) mi hat flu of n th wnd. (23 keyboard touches) My hat flew off in the wind. (28) 2) wil u go to th stor 4 me? (25) Will you go to the store for me? (33) 3)
Having Fun (1)
Let’s have a little fun with a new language I’m calling “ChuckLyn ”. Mostly, It’s a language composed of English words that are spelled like they sound to a native American speaker born, raised and educated in north Texas. Sentences written using ChuckLyn words look like those written
Reducing word length
If you do a lot of texting on your iPhone or iPad, you appreciate that typing long words is irritating but also sometimes necessary for clear communications. It’s human nature to look for shortcuts and the desire to reduce word length is no exception. Compiling lists of standard and/