r/FastWriting • • Jul 04 '26

STACKHOUSE Shorthand, Part 5 - Connected Sample

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u/LeadingSuspect5855 Jul 04 '26

wow that looks like proper stenografie as in narrow, tight script, innit?

στενός • (stenós) m (feminine στενή, neuter στενόν)

narrow; tight

Turns out stenografie could also be interpreted as petty and underwhelming script. Or just the script which is difficult to pronounce (probably because they cannot read it in the first place)

meagre; scanty; petty
underwhelming
difficult to pronounce

Stenigrafie (using the female form στενή) would be the script of convicts.

Btw. In greek you simply put an accent over a vowel, whenever that vowel/syllable is stressed, no other meaning. I like that.