Re: Your first "linguistic" memory

Colin Fine wrote:
>
> Peter T. Daniels wrote:
> > Colin Fine wrote:
> >> Peter T. Daniels wrote:
> >
> >>> I believe Pitman -- and Gregg, too -- has two forms of r because the
> >>> letter occurs in so many contexts and needs to be combinable with so
> >>> many different-shaped letters. They were creating practical, not
> >>> theoretical, shorthand schemes.
> >> While I agree in general I'm not convinced by what you say about r.
> >> Pitman's also has a third r which is just a hook, and is attached to the
> >> consonant it follows (l is a hook going the other way, but has only one
> >> independent stroke).
> >
> > It comes from Gregg's explanations of his thought processes in designing
> > the letters.
>
> And this is relevant to Pitman's because?

Gregg considered Pitman's very badly designed and was never shy about
explaining why, and was also not ashamed to say where he had taken over
a good idea or two.
--
Peter T. Daniels grammatim@xxxxxxx
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