KJEUTRDA

06:13 Jul 31, 2007

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English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Education / Pedagogy / stenography

English term or phrase: KJEUTRDA

This is an english word in stenography. I know EU is the letter combination for the letter "i" but I haven't been able to figure out the rest. Thank you in advance for your time.

Jennifer

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Ken Cox

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kjeutrda comment

Explanation:
Do you know which stenography system is being used?

see e.g.

Some shorthand systems attempted to ease learning by using characters from the Latin alphabet. Such systems have often been described as alphabetic, and purists might claim that such systems are not true shorthand. However, these non-symbol systems do have value for students who cannot dedicate the years necessary to master a symbol shorthand. Non-symbol shorthands cannot be written at the speeds theoretically possible with symbol systems - 200 words per minute or more - but require only a fraction of the time to acquire a useful speed of between 60 and 100 words per minute.

Non-symbol systems often supplement alphabetic characters by using punctuation marks as additional characters, giving special significance to capitalised letters, and sometimes using additional non-alphabetic symbols. Examples of such systems include Stenoscript, Stenospeed, Speedwriting, Forkner shorthand and "Alpha". However, there are some pure alphabetic systems, including Personal Shorthand, SuperWrite, EasyScript & Agiliwriting, which limit their symbols to purely alphabetic characters. These have the added advantage that they can also be typed - for instance, onto a computer, PDA or cellphone. Interestingly, early editions of Speedwriting were also adapted so that they could be written on a typewriter, and therefore would possess the same advantage.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shorthand

Ken Cox
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Notes to answerer

Asker: I'm pretty sure it's a symbol shorthand. It's written on a stenotype machine. More info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stenotype

Asker: Unfortunately, I do not know the "chording" system being used.

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