--- In qalam@..., ":ym:" <simeo@...> wrote:

> stenography is very interesting, isn't it?
>
> I think it's in some way like hieroglyphs and demotic :-)
> and it maybe useful when on an university lecture noticing the
> lecturer's speach :-)

Yes, it is interesting, and yes, also useful, but only if you're
willing to spend at least a whole year on practicing it many hours day
by day and even more time until you'll be able to read it fast!-(

To me, it's been very surprising that stenoghraphy has evolved in the
same ways of representing speech as throughout history other scripts
have done.

yours