This looks like just another goofy code, but the idea behind it is to improve reading speed by breaking the habit of reading phonetically. You can't very well mentally "sound out" these symbols. If you find yourself doing that, then I suppose you need more remedial help.
That's why the 4-digit numbers are placed on two decks. In fact, I'd like to eliminate the space between decks in favor of a compressed unitary image, a single unified symbol. Three letters are fine on one line, but 4, I think, tend to be read more slowly. By turning the 4-digit number into a rapidly recognized symbol, we reduce the problem of piecemeal reading.
The word drone in fact requires a 5-digit identifier (plus an s to indicate a plural), but I suspect that the double-deck method will aid in quick grasp. In fact, we might even consider a triple-decking, as in
22
67
1s
Obviously many people are not interested in memorizing as many as 10,000 numerical symbols. But those who did so would then, in my scenario, have available a software program that converts words to symbols so that they may read much faster.
One could start out with the first 1000 words, or even 100, and build up as one goes along.
So the program would only replace the specified words, leaving the remaining spelled-out words in place.
Now you notice that some code/symbols have little amendations. These tell the form of the word in question. 5' means numeral 5; 5" means 5th. The asterisk indicates the "ing" ending. Other modifications are self-explanatory.
I daresay that such a system should speed up reading for many, especially if we also assign compressed number/symbols to the most common predicates and sentences.
Above, I used a Wiktionary collection as my source.
Wiktionary word rankings
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Frequency_lists#English
This suggestion represents only the kernel of an idea that others would need to fashion into a useful system.
This suggestion is not meant to disparage the usefulness of the phonetic method of teaching reading. Better that children read that way than not at all. But we adults who find phonetic reading an impediment might find such a system more suitable than the various speed-reading techniques which aim to break the phonetic habit.
We give the idea with the few changes below, which should be self-explanatory. I doubt there would be much benefit in condensing two-letter words. And altering text as shown is unlikely to do much for speed. But we get the idea. B e g θ i.
Of course, symbols need not be made of familiar numerals. In the image below, the first line is a sentence in which the triangle with the dot above it is read, "he ordered..." The curved line to its right is read as "...rd". The p with a long slash is read "pie". So we have "he ordered pie."
The second line reads "she ordered a drink" and the third line reads "the man ordered a steak." I have used my shorthand for the word "steak," but some sort of compressed symbol would be better.
I suppose we require something on the line of a Chinese ideogram. But, we don't want to get that complicated. Keep things simple, but not as simple as phonetics. Agreed that phonetic writing was an astonishing technological breakthrough, and is not something to be dismissed lightly. But, I do think for phonetics is an impediment for people like myself who would like to read much faster than we actually do.
In case you have the idle interest, I present samples of my shorthand in my blog where I file my notes:
Tube Alloys blog
https://tubealloys979.blogspot.com/2020/09/sundry-6_6.html
That's why the 4-digit numbers are placed on two decks. In fact, I'd like to eliminate the space between decks in favor of a compressed unitary image, a single unified symbol. Three letters are fine on one line, but 4, I think, tend to be read more slowly. By turning the 4-digit number into a rapidly recognized symbol, we reduce the problem of piecemeal reading.
The word drone in fact requires a 5-digit identifier (plus an s to indicate a plural), but I suspect that the double-deck method will aid in quick grasp. In fact, we might even consider a triple-decking, as in
22
67
1s
Obviously many people are not interested in memorizing as many as 10,000 numerical symbols. But those who did so would then, in my scenario, have available a software program that converts words to symbols so that they may read much faster.
One could start out with the first 1000 words, or even 100, and build up as one goes along.
So the program would only replace the specified words, leaving the remaining spelled-out words in place.
Now you notice that some code/symbols have little amendations. These tell the form of the word in question. 5' means numeral 5; 5" means 5th. The asterisk indicates the "ing" ending. Other modifications are self-explanatory.
I daresay that such a system should speed up reading for many, especially if we also assign compressed number/symbols to the most common predicates and sentences.
Above, I used a Wiktionary collection as my source.
Wiktionary word rankings
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Frequency_lists#English
This suggestion represents only the kernel of an idea that others would need to fashion into a useful system.
This suggestion is not meant to disparage the usefulness of the phonetic method of teaching reading. Better that children read that way than not at all. But we adults who find phonetic reading an impediment might find such a system more suitable than the various speed-reading techniques which aim to break the phonetic habit.
We give the idea with the few changes below, which should be self-explanatory. I doubt there would be much benefit in condensing two-letter words. And altering text as shown is unlikely to do much for speed. But we get the idea. B e g θ i.
Unions rep* mills of workers, F teachers to truck drivrs, plejd to ramp up protests in θ leadup to θ presidential election, w walkouts aimed at forc* local & federal lawmakrs to pass police reform & address what they described as systemic racism.
In a statement first shared w θ Associated Press on Saturday, labor leadrs F America's biggest public & private sectr unions sd they would organize walkouts for teachrs, autoworkrs, truck drivrs & clerical staff, among others.
“θ status quo — of police kill* Black people, of armed white nationalists kill* demonstratrs, of mills sick & increas*+ desperate — is clear+ unjust, & it cannot continu,” ss θ statemnt F sev branchs of θ American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, θ Service Employees International Union, & affiliates of θ National Education Association.
AFSCME, SEIU, & NEA include liberal membership that typically votes Democrat by margins as high as 80%.
θ latest development cms aft a summer of protests nationwide, F youths to athletes. Som of θ protests hav turnd violent, w rioting & loot* in several cities.
“They remind us tht wn e strike to whold our labor, e have θ power to bring an unjust status quo to a grind* halt,” θ union leaders sd in θ statement.
“e echo θ call to local & federal government to divest F θ police, to redistribute θ stolen wealth of θ billionaire class, & to invest in wt our people need to liv in peace, dignity, & abundance: universal healθ care & hous*, public jobs programs & cash assistance, & safe work* conditions,” θ statemnt reads.
θ Nonprofit Professional Employees Union, which represents sev hundrd workrs at mor thn 25 civil rights groups & thnk tank orgs, told θ AP it signed onto θ union statemnt because “θ fights for workers’ rights, civil rights, & racial justice r inextricably linkd.”
θ calls fr justice include mor police accountability; acts tht would ban police use of chokehold maneuvers & end qualified immunity for police officers, amng oth reforms; & θ reallocation of police mony to adres mental healθ, homelessness & education services in communities.
Meanwhile, police unions have rallied behind President Trump, w θ Fraternal Order of Police & New York's influential Police Benevolent Association among numerous state & local unions endorsing θ incumbent.
Companies r faced w a “Wch side r u on?” moment du to grow* support for θ BLM movement, sd Maurice Mitchell, nationl directr of θ Work* Families Party & a leading organizr in θ Movement for Black Lives, a national coalition of 150 Black-led organizations.
“If I was a decision-maker tht was consider* wheth or not to meet θ demands of θ unions, I would b scared,” Mitchell sd. “Ths movement is spread*. We’ve been on θ streets consistently, we’re build* on θ electoral front, & now we’re c* ths conversation at θ highest levels of labor.”
θ unions were mum on wheth Amazon workr lives mattr. They also did not challnj Amazon's owner, Jeff Bezos, whose Wash*tn Post has been pushing the BLM movmnt as part of its drive to oust Trump.
Of course, symbols need not be made of familiar numerals. In the image below, the first line is a sentence in which the triangle with the dot above it is read, "he ordered..." The curved line to its right is read as "...rd". The p with a long slash is read "pie". So we have "he ordered pie."
The second line reads "she ordered a drink" and the third line reads "the man ordered a steak." I have used my shorthand for the word "steak," but some sort of compressed symbol would be better.
In case you have the idle interest, I present samples of my shorthand in my blog where I file my notes:
Tube Alloys blog
https://tubealloys979.blogspot.com/2020/09/sundry-6_6.html
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