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Charles Abbott

01 Dec 2025 — 1 min read

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) i red th buk frm cvr to cvr. (27) I read the book from cover to cover. (35)

4) onli God nos wi i lik ths stuf. (31) Only God knows why I like this stuff. (39)

That’s 106 keyboard touches for CharLyn Spek vs 135 for formal American English for an overall 21.4% improvement in typing speed with practically no loss of accurate communication.

I think from these few examples you have already guessed some of my CharLyn Spek Principles. The first and foremost Principle(1) is stated in my next post.

Stay tuned.

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