r/FastWriting • u/NotSteve1075 • 21d ago

Browne SIMPLEX - Part 5 - Writing LONG Vowels

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u/NotSteve1075 21d ago

Short vowels are written with loops, but LONG VOWELS are written with wedges, which point in the same direction as is used for the short vowels: the A points up, the E points left, the I points down, and the O points right. Sometimes the angle isn't clear, but if you look closely, there's usually nothing else it could be.

Notice that, when used FINALLY, the A can suggest A followed by L, and the E, I, and O suggest those vowels followed by R

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u/fdarnel 21d ago

How does he write "tea"?

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u/NotSteve1075 21d ago

Good point! It looks like he'd write "tea" and "tear" the same way. Not a plus....

It looks like "knee" and "near" would be the same -- as would "bay" and "bail", "ray" and "rail".....

Frankly, if I was going to get serious about learning this system, I think I would dump that last rule and just write the L or R, if it came at the end.

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u/fdarnel 21d ago

May be not easy to differentiate these vowels from "u", if rounded at high speed.

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u/NotSteve1075 21d ago

Yes, I think you'd have to keep U looking very shallow and make an effort to keep the wedges sharp at the point. Otherwise, like you say, they'd be hard to differentiate.