| From: | Bryan Maloney <slimehoo@yahoo.com> <slimehoo@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, January 22, 2003, 4:32 |
--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, "H. S. Teoh" <hsteoh@Q...> wrote:> On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 09:28:05PM -0500, Muke Tever wrote: > > From: "Nokta Kanto" <red5_2@H...> > > > I'm curious, what tricks do you use in your private writing? > > > > This is a sample of what my writing currently looks like: > > http://frath.net/images/uijorn/texty.gif > [snip] > > It looks like an actual conlang! :-) > > But of course, so does this: > http://quickfur.yi.org:8080/~hsteoh/img/script-sample-1.gif > and yet both are English. :-)Hmmm... This practice used to be called "shorthand", and it used to be not uncommon for gentlemen of letters to each develop their unique systems. It kept Pepys's Journals effectively encrypted for a while.