Speak,speech

Special-ly

Spiritual-ly

Person

Peculiar

Perform

Business

Subject

Strength

External-ly

Construct

Satisfy

System

Extreme-ity

Strange

Instruct-ed

Ctilize

Advertisement

Advertise-ments

Audience

Providence

Dignity

Justification

Jurisdiction

Jerusalem

Juxtaposition

Archangel

Represent

Reform

Respect-ful-1y

Because

Scripture,describe

Inscribe-d

Signify,signature

Acknowledge

Universe-al-ity

This

Those

Especial-ly

Secession

Cessation

Association

Yesterday

Salvation

Manufacture

Minimum

Memoranda

Memorandum

Maximum

Impossible

Somebody

Stenography

Influence

No sir

Necessary

United states

Knowledge

The above list of compound abbreviations is of equal importance with those which have preceded it, should be as thoroughly memorized, and is as adaptable to the formation of derivative abbreviations as the other lists, illustrations of which are given in signs 153 to 255, subjection, sign 154, being formed by adding a Shun hook to subject, sign 153; subjective, sign 155, by the addition of a Tiv hook, etc., etc., etc., throughout the lesson.

The beginning hook preceding the circle-S in the word-abbreviations for instruct and inscribe in foregoing list, is used to express the sound of in, en or un before the S-circle only where the long N will not readily join.

If students will note carefully how the particular sort of word-abbreviations in this list are often made up of short-cuts of speech, such as bis or biz for business (the seventh abbreviation in the list), ad for advertisement, dig for dignity, sig for signify, etc., they will be able to make many similar short-cuts for themselves, in words which would be otherwise cumbrous, and will understand why such outlines as pnsl, sign 162 in Exercise, does for Pennsylvania; bach, sign 170, for bachelor; cab, sign 171, for capable; hath for Catholic, sign 172; pop, sign 188, for popular; pub, sign 189, {or public or publish, and the reasons for many other similar abbreviations in this lesson. Then of course, if pub does for publish, add an R to it and we have publisher, as in sign 190; add a Shun to pub, as in sign 191, and we have publication; begin pub with an R and we have re pub, as in sign 193, meaning republic; put an N hook to that and we get republican, sign 192, etc., etc. On the same plan, hath being Catholic, put an R in front of it and we have R-kath, which will naturally be read for Roman-Catholic, as in sign 173. This use of the letter R for a whole word as in Roman in this instance, we may extend to other words or collection of words, representing each word of that collection by one letter, as p-r-r for Pennsylvania Railroad, sign 163 in Exercise; 1-j-k for Lord Jesus Christ, sign 167, etc., etc. All these methods of abbreviation are done in words and phrases, names, etc., which are familiar to the writer, and whereof he needs only a suggestion in order to read them. With words or phrases which are not familiar, this shortening should not be attempted, but all that are given in these lessons can and should be used, familiar or not, as they are necessary to speed. The student should, therefore, practice them until they become familiar, and employ these principles of abbreviation on all possible occasions not illustrated in the lessons where similar words and phrases are familiar. Practice in such invention will soon make it easy and as spontaneous in actual rapid work on words never attempted before, as if it was being done at ease, giving the writer possibilities which no dictionary or phrase-book can give, so long as it is borne in mind to write all words and phrases in these lessons exactly as the author gives them.

In such words as are represented by signs 24 to 38, the letter Way may often be entirely omitted without destroying legibility.

In phrase numbered 51 in Exercise, the word well is represented simply by writing the letter L. It will not be found to conflict with the word-abbreviation for will, even though written in the same position.

This dropping of the Way hook in well should not, however, be attempted when well is written alone. It is used only in junctures with other words. It is sometimes expedient to slight the formation of some words in order to accomplish phrase-writing; but such means will not interfere with the correct reading of the words so slighted. Note the formation of must in signs 79 and 80, and postpone and postage, signs 74 and 75, etc.