Re: Shorthand

Quoth Rob Nierse:
> Well, here is my shorthand. I use it to write down messages not
> intended for other eyes, or just for fun.
>
> It soon got a feeling of Arab writing. I started writing right to left
> and made some Arab-looking letters for l, r, w, y, h. The s got a
> nicer hook and soon my shorthand was ready.
>
> For the vowels I made something Semitic too, but arbitrary.
Boy, does it ever!  That could easily pass as Arabic to anyone who
doesn't know better.  And it's really very pretty (but then, I've always
been a sucker for Arabic script ;).  But how do you tell the difference
between two p's and a t, since letters are connected?

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