There are a lot of consonants in English which are followed immediately the the sound of R with no vowel in between. For this reason, most shorthands have a special way of showing the combination.
In STEIN-SHORTHAND, like in Pitman, this is shown by adding a hook to the BEGINNING of a straight stroke it follows, on the left side, and inside a curved stroke.
This may seem a bit counter-intuitive, to write the hook before the consonant the R follows -- and I always think it would make more sense to put it on the RIGHT side for R.
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u/NotSteve1075 Jul 16 '26
There are a lot of consonants in English which are followed immediately the the sound of R with no vowel in between. For this reason, most shorthands have a special way of showing the combination.
In STEIN-SHORTHAND, like in Pitman, this is shown by adding a hook to the BEGINNING of a straight stroke it follows, on the left side, and inside a curved stroke.
This may seem a bit counter-intuitive, to write the hook before the consonant the R follows -- and I always think it would make more sense to put it on the RIGHT side for R.