H W C K Q, digraph intro TH CH SH, diphthong intro AU OU, capitalization, comma, briefs and phrases

Can you can a canned can into an un-canned can like a canner can can a canned can into an un-canned can?

I thought a thought.
But the thought I thought
Wasn’t the thought I thought I thought.
If the thought I thought I thought,
Had been the thought I thought,
I wouldn’t have thought I thought.

W Trouble (apologies but it's cute)
https://opb.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/btl10.ela.early.wtrouble/w-trouble/

Shush shush
https://opb.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/btl10.ela.early.shush/shush-sh/

Dictionary/what the stroke? Section
Choppers chop, shoppers shop
https://opb.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/btl10.ela.early.chopperschopshoppersshop/choppers-chop-shoppers-shop/

This is a good place to explore the dictionary entries for shop and chop and why we can stroke the words "choppers" in one stroke but not the "shoppers" word - and then we'll add an entry to do so!

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[4:10 PM] Charley stenomod.blogspot.com: Yeah, is it, but it comes up less often than a lot of other sounds.

[4:42 PM] Greygal: There is a 'rule' re words like matter, latter, batter, etc., involving dropping middle consonant, I just re-read that in Ted's book yesterday lol - getting link now (or was it folding in the E?)

[4:46 PM] Greygal: found it

[4:46 PM] Greygal: https://morinted.gitbooks.io/plover-theory/content/sounds/oh.html 

Shortening Technique: mo'er and fa'er

Stenographers are always concerned with smashing as many syllables into as few strokes as possible. In the space between raw theory and arbitrary briefs, there are shortening techniques. Shortening techniques are little rules that you can use to develop a family of briefs.

One recurring pattern in the Plover dictionary is squashing two syllable words with the "o'e" pattern into one stroke:

OER: other (o'er)

PHOER: mother (mo'er)

PAERPB: pattern (pa'ern)

TPAER: father (fa'er)

WAUR: water (wa'er)

TKAUR: daughter (dau'er)

PWOER: bother (bo'er)

You can imagine speaking in a Cockney accent if it helps you remember this pattern. You substitute the middle consonant with a stop.

[6:15 PM] Greygal: Think of it as if you are swallowing the  "actch" part of "actually"... I often find myself channeling My Fair Lady when stenoing, especially how she drops entire syllables and letters  :smile: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJr9SSJKkII

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Laughing Ogre is really so good!

Her blog post on digraphs:  https://laughingogrepress.com/blogs/thoughts-from-my-notebook/what-is-a-digraph

"Anna states we should teach digraphs early on, allowing more variety in words for reading and dictation. She also says we should call them digraphs, but with so many variations of digraph lists, who do we follow? I am going to stick to the definition that a consonant digraph is two letters that form a sound independent of the sounds they make individually. That would rule out all of the above-mentioned blends, plus wh which can say /h/ or /w/, and wr /r/. That leaves, ch, sh, th, gh, and ph. So what is a digraph to you?"



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