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thomas natural shorthand wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 characteristics 2 comparison with teeline 3 references toggle the table of contents thomas natural shorthand add languages add links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia english shorthand system thomas natural shorthand script type light line semi script alphabetic stenography positional creator charles a thomas published 1935 period 1935 present languages english thomas natural shorthand is an english shorthand system created by charles a thomas which was first published in 1935 1 thomas described his system as designed to meet the existing need for a simple legible shorthand that is based on already familiar writing lines and that is written with a minimum number of rules the system has fallen into disuse with the decline of pen shorthand in the later 20th century but the spirit of the system lives on in teeline shorthand with which it shares a number of characteristics although the symbols used in each system are quite different characteristics edit a sample of thomas natural shorthand the text reads as follows dear sir please give the proposition we are enclosing your most earnest consideration we believe you will find our line a money maker from the start we shall appreciate the privilege of sending you samples of those numbers in which you are interested mr jones who has charge of our sales in your territory will call on you about the first of april we assure you of our desire to co operate with you in every way possible let us know how we may be of immediate service to you cordially yours like gregg shorthand and unlike the older pitman shorthand thomas natural shorthand is a light line system i e a system which does not employ shading light and heavy strokes to distinguish symbols unlike earlier light line systems such as pernin phonography which was based on the duployan system cursive rather than angular strokes are employed however thomas natural differs from gregg and resembles pitman in its use of positional writing vowels are deduced according to whether a form is written on above or below the line of writing the system aims to be simpler to learn than competing symbol shorthand systems of the time boasting only twelve word signs and one abbreviating principle total mastery of the system could therefore be achieved much quicker than the major court reporting systems and although this simplicity did come with a loss of speed the speeds achieved were still adequate for secretarial use the system s failure to achieve popularity came from its jack of all trades master of none position those looking for an easy to learn system were far more likely to choose alphabetic systems such as forkner shorthand or speedwriting those interested in developing serious shorthand speed were drawn to more established systems with a court reporting track record such as gregg or pitman to the untrained eye thomas natural shorthand bears a close resemblance to gregg shorthand despite being unrelated it was necessary to actually undertake a study of the system to learn how much simpler it really was than gregg comparison with teeline edit teeline shorthand shares largely the same philosophy and approach as thomas natural shorthand it is however more accessible to beginners since the symbols used are themselves based on the latin alphabet although so abstractly that most would consider teeline a symbol rather than alphabetic system the thomas natural symbols on the other hand were chosen for speed rather than familiarity furthermore thomas natural was published in the 1930s 1940s at a time when alphabetic systems were just beginning their ascendency whereas in the contemporary era in which teeline is being promoted the limitations of the alphabetic systems have made them less attractive than formerly when their potential seemed greater references edit thomas charles a 1937 thomas natural shorthand a modern progressive system of shorthand based on natural already familiar writing lines new york prentice hall inc oclc 18220117 v t e types of writing systems overview history of writing grapheme lists writing systems undeciphered inventors constructed languages by writing system by first written accounts types abjads numerals aramaic hatran arabic elifba egyptian hieroglyphs elymaic hebrew ashuri cursive rashi solitreo tifinagh mandaic manichaean nabataean ancient north arabian paleo hebrew pahlavi book inscriptional inscriptional parthian psalter pegon phoenician pitman shorthand proto sinaitic punic samaritan south arabian zabur musnad sogdian syriac ʾesṭrangēlā serṭā maḏnḥāyā teeline shorthand ugaritic abugidas brahmic northern bengali assamese bhaiksuki brahmi script devanagari dogri gujarati gupta gurmukhi kaithi kalinga khema khojki khudabadi laṇḍā lepcha mahajani marchen meitei modi multani nagari nandinagari nepalese scripts bhujimol golmol himmol kummol kvemmol kurukh pachumol newar ranjana tamyig tirhuta limbu litumol odia karani ʼphags pa sharada siddhaṃ soyombo sylheti nagri takri tibetan uchen umê tocharian zanabazar square southern ahom balinese batak baybayin bhattiprolu buda buhid chakma cham fakkham grantha goykanadi hanunoo javanese kadamba kannada karen kawi khmer khom thai kulitan lanna langdi lao leke lontara bilang bilang makasar malayalam old maldivian dhives akuru eveyla akuru mon burmese pallava pyu saurashtra shan sinhala sukhothai sundanese old sundanese tagbanwa tai le new tai lue tai noi tai tham tai viet lai tay tamil tamil brahmi tanchangya telugu thai tigalari ulu scripts incung lampung lembak ogan pasemah rejang serawai vatteluttu kolezhuthu malayanma others bharati boyd s syllabic shorthand canadian syllabics blackfoot déné syllabics dham fox i geʽez gunjala gondi japanese braille sarati jenticha kharosthi mandombe masaram gondi meroitic miao mwangwego pahawh hmong sorang sompeng tengwar thaana thomas natural shorthand warang citi rma alphabets linear adlam ariyaka armenian avestan pazend avoiuli bassa vah carian caucasian albanian cirth coelbren coorgi cox alphabet coptic cyrillic serbian early deseret duployan shorthand chinook eclectic shorthand elbasan enochian etruscan formosan fox ii franklin s phonetic fraser gabelsberger shorthand gadabuursi garay alphabet georgian asomtavruli nuskhuri mkhedruli veso bey glagolitic gothic gregg shorthand greek archaic greco iberian alphabet hangul hanifi hurûf ı munfasıla sunuwar kaddare kayah li klingon latin beneventan blackletter carolingian minuscule fraktur gaelic insular ipa kurrent merovingian sigla sütterlin tironian notes visigothic luo lycian lydian manchu medefaidrin mru mundari bani n ko ogham ol chiki old italic old permic orkhon yenisei old hungarian old uyghur mongolian evenki galik alphabet manchu oirat vagindra ol onal osage osmanya pau cin hau phrygian pisidian runic anglo saxon cipher dalecarlian elder futhark younger futhark gothic marcomannic medieval staveless shavian sidetic sorang sompeng sunuwar tifinagh todhri tolong siki vellara visible speech vithkuqi wancho warang citi yezidi zaghawa non linear braille flag semaphore maritime flags moon type new york point fingerspelling telegraph code ideograms adinkra aztec blissymbols dongba ersu shaba emoji isotype kaidā miꞌkmaw mixtec new epoch notation painting nsibidi anishinaabewibii iganan olmec siglas poveiras testerian yerkish zapotec logograms chinese family of scripts chinese characters simplified traditional oracle bone script bronze scripts seal script large small bird worm hanja kanji chữ nôm sawndip bowen chinese influenced jurchen khitan large script sui tangut cuneiform akkadian assyrian elamite hittite luwian sumerian other logosyllabic anatolian bagam cretan isthmian maya proto elamite tenevil wiigwaasabak yi classical logoconsonantal demotic hieratic hieroglyphs numerals hindu arabic abjad attic greek muisca roman other sitelen pona semi syllabaries full linear elamite celtiberian iberian northeastern southeastern khom dunging redundant espanca script pahawh hmong khitan small script southwest paleohispanic bopomofo quốc âm tân tự sign languages aslwrite signwriting si5s stokoe notation syllabaries afaka bamum bété byblos canadian aboriginal cherokee cypriot cypro minoan ditema tsa dinoko eskayan geba great lakes algonquian iban idu kana hiragana katakana man yōgana hentaigana sōgana jindai moji kikakui kpelle linear b linear elamite lisu loma nüshu nwagu aneke script old persian cuneiform sumerian vai woleai yi yugtun v t e braille braille cell 1829 braille international uniformity ascii braille unicode braille patterns braille scripts french ordered albanian cantonese catalan chinese mainland mandarin largely reassigned czech dutch 6 dot 8 dot english unified english esperanto french german ghanaian guarani hawaiian hungarian iñupiaq ipa irish italian latvian lithuanian luxembourgish extended to 8 dot maltese māori navajo nigerian philippine polish portuguese romanian samoan slovak south african spanish taiwanese mandarin largely reassigned turkish azerbaijani vietnamese welsh yugoslav zambian nordic family estonian faroese icelandic scandinavian danish finnish greenlandic northern sámi norwegian swedish russian lineage family i e cyrillic mediated scripts belarusian bulgarian kazakh kyrgyz 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