* william bright
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| in all the discussion of "featural" systems, i find it strange that
| there is so little mention of pitman shorthand or gregg shorthand,
| which were once used daily by thousands of people.
For my part this is mainly because I haven't looked at those systems
very closely yet. It does seem to make sense to include them, but I am
incapable at this point to say anything sensible about them.
| both these systems were partly "featural", pitman i think more than
| gregg.
Why were they only partly featural? What about them is it that makes
them fail to be featural?