Reporter's Rules and Abbreviations by John Matthew Sloan THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES iLOAN-DUPLOYAN PHONOGKAPHY, THE MOST LEGIBLE, BRIEFEST, AND SIMPLEST SHORTHAND METHOD IN THE WORLD. REPORTERS' ULES AND ABBREVIATIONS. BY ,1. M. SLOAN. ; , ^ g? SIXTH EDITION. LONDON: LEAD OFFICES OF SLOAN-DUPLOYAN PHONOaEAPHY, 16, SOUTHAMPTON BOW, W.C. 1885. ENTERED AT STATIONEBS' HALL. PREFACE TO THE SIXTH EDITION. SOME idea may be formed of the popularity of Sloan-Duployan Phonography from the fact that the first edition (one thousand copies) of "Reporter" was issued in March, 1883, a second edition of several thousand copies appeared a few months after- wards, and now the sixth edition is published ! It is being rapidly introduced into public schools, institutes, colleges, &c., throughout the United Kingdom, as being the only system in the world that can enable boys and girls to become practical shorthand writers and verbatim reporters before leaving school for the various departments of business or professional life. Already, in several schools, after a few months' practice, boys have written eighty ivords per minute, and accurately transcribed what they wrote into longhand. The cdium hitherto attached to the study of this useful art, on account of its difficulty, is now removed; as proved by the enthusiastic manner in which all classes have welcomed Sloan-Duployan Phonography. I take this opportunity of returning my heartfelt thanks to the many eminent educationalists, barristers, clergymen, editors, press reporters, certificated teachers of the old system, &c., &c., who, in the interest of progress and the good of the nation, advo- cated so eloquently Sloan-Duployan Shorthand, thus preserving it against the jealous attacks and misrepresentations of those financially interested in the maintenance of the old system. I think it my duty to say that I could not have produced so perfect a " Reporter" had it not been for the kind and generous help I received from teachers and writers of my system; and towards them I shall ever feel grateful. J. M. SLOAN. LONDON, 1885. 449447 I SLOAN-DUPLOYAN BEPOBTBB. 5 FIRST LESSON. The nasal sounds an, en, in, may generally be used for the sounds of ain, een, ing, thus : remain S , restrain ^-^ , maintain ^ , seen ^^ , mean England k-~ , America J, , &c., though they may be abbreviated, if repeated in the same article, thus : Eome , England / , America C When abbreviated, all proper names should be underlined. As figures may be written rapidly, no special signs are given for them. The figure 1 may be used for one, once, first, firstly ; 2 for two, twice, second, secondly ; 3 for three, thrice, third, thirdly, &c. ; 20, twentieth; 30, thirtieth ; 80, eightieth, &c., &c. The first half of a large semicircle may be shaded to prefix " E " and the second portion written light, or vice versa, thus : remember ( , resources *-< " , resist ^/ , f murmur I , arises <_^- , series or serious ^-~^ At end of " Instructor " a few examples are given of the use of the alphabetical signs in words of common recurrence, also the manner of joining them in phrases. In order to guide the student, we give here a few more examples : ^' also between \ every $ behold L before one another notwithstanding ^ question I near-ly answer SLOAN-DTJPLOYAN EEPOETER. ^ moreover (^ nevertheless within f whomsoever [ whosoever whichsoever about anyone anything behind beyond ""yonder r towards throughout under understand-ing undoubtedly self-ves mere-ly those come came full EXAMPLES or PHEASISTG. 1 V he should have been the not have been the so he should have been the not have been the he will have had ,, ,, not have had he had not the he shall have had SLOAN-DUPLOXAN BEPORTEE. he shall not have had so he had not will have not have have had not have had shall have , r not have have had not have had you may have had not have had you can have had ,, cannot have had might have had not have had could have had not have had ,. should have had not have had I shall have to go SLOAN-DUPLOYAN BEPOHTEfi. 9 I shall not have to go not go there so that there has been not been ) is it not CN \ > J W* "6 '- r as well as c - x LxT it will be as well as v- as much as ^" as far as ' ^ as good as "^-i so much the better The student can thus write any phrase he may desire, by simply joining the simple characters together, with a legibility, facility, brevity, and rapidity unequalled in any other system in the world. Acquire one lesson only at a time, and practise the abbreviations till you can use them without hesitation. After this has been accomplished, learn the second lesson, and so on. Practise regularly every day to dictation. For reporting purposes, and, in fact, all shorthand work, a pencil is much preferable to a pen. "We have had a pencil specially manufactured for our own use, which makes light and heavy strokes with a facility hitherto 10 SLOAN-DUPLOYAX REPORTER. unknown. These pencils have now a large and increasing sale among writers of all systems, which proves the high esteem in which they are held. For price, see advertisements. SECOND LESSON. " E " precedes or follows an initial vowel reversed in position before any straight line ; examples : p rapture L , rupee , eruption r^ , rap or harp f , repent ^- , horrible , arbour f , urban , rebel I- , rob or orb I , erect or wrecked ^ , reaction A , ark or rack / , rook /" , recurrence -C , irksome , earthly ^ , ruthless <=^ " , ^ ardent a -^- , radical -> , rudiment ^^ , erudition <=*-f~^ , hereditary l =~^> , redouble '=~^ , rider , ruffle ^ , orphan ^ , roof \ , referring ^ , refiner ^ , rifle or raffle V , harvest V^ , ravish V > revere S^ , rival V rolling ^~ , role or oral ^ , rule ^ , real or earl <^ y royal <^ , roar <^ , rear ^ , rural <^ In certain cases it is necessary to write the " E " thus : ^, o .A hurry (5 , aright X^ , horrid O , arid S SLOAN-DITPLOYAN BEPOBTEB. 11 The six straight curves ^ ^ /\ C ) ) being thickened to prefix " E," it is not necessary to reverse a vowel before these signs; it may be done, however, in such words as roars ^ (or ), rears ^ (or /^ ) ; or, if it be desired to vocalise monosyllables or proper names, thus : O rose c , rays ^ (or / ), Eoman S. , Eamsgate The slanted curves being thickened to affix " E," the vowel may be reversed in position, thus: restore "S (or ^/- ), roast S (or ^^ ), reward ^_ (or ^_ ), rostrum S (or ^t ) "E" follows terminal vowels reversed in position, thus: brewer | , drier e\ , truer -^. , fewer \^ emperor t> , drawer -r, , buyer ^ , prayer J , mare , mar or mire { , sire or sigher ^ , bare J , bore I , bar , wire T n as : presently L> / T p as: abrupt Jj D n as : friendly ^ D (final) 1 as : bold ^ D before m as : admire C D v as : advance D f as : dreadful ^ D j as: adjoin ^ N m as : government \ NOTE : When t and d follow each other in the same word, the first of the two signs can be omitted, as : spendthrift S~~\ When one word ends and the next begins with the same sign, one sign can be dropped and the two words joined, as : silk cloak ^stf The same can be done with t and d, thus: short day s-^-> Draw a short line underneath a word that is repeated, as : come, come recommend (^ , recount , recollection % s~~\ contra, contri, contro, counter, are represented by a tick slanted in the opposite direction from " con," placed over the bein- ning of the outline to which it is prefixed, thus : contradict ^^ , contribute J^ - controvert ^ , counteract \ ex, ax, ace, &c., are represented by a tick written through 14 SLOAN-DUtLOYAN BEPOBTEB. any part of an outline, thus : express / , accident , axil t^ , complex ^ , text -v , expects \ jokes !$/ , knocks ^ dis, des, are represented by a horizontal tick placed over the beginning of the outline to which it is prefixed, thus : despair T , deserve \ , disaster "^ mis, mes, are represented by a horizontal tick placed under- neath the beginning of the outline to which it is prefixed, thus : mistake -7 , message / sub, sup, sue, suf, sug, sur, sus, are represented by the " s " sign v_x placed over the beginning of the outline to which it is v_^ prefixed, thus : subjoin ^ , supply ^ , success ^ / , suffice YL/ , suggest ^ , survey \ , suspense Y tran, tram, trans, are represented by the " tr " sign - placed over the beginning of the outline to which it is prefixed, thus : transport I_ , tranquil J, , trammel -j> super, supre, supra, are represented by the " sp " sign J placed over the beginning of the outline to which it is prefixed, thus : superfine -"^ , supremacy -^ , supra -costal -^ extra, extri, extre, are represented by "ek " ? placed over the beginning of the outline to which it is prefixed, thus : 9 ? S extravagant \o extreme ( , extricate ^_ SLOAN-DUPLOYAN EEPOKTEE. 15 inter, enter, intre, intri, intro, are represented by "inr" V. placed over the beginning of the outline to which it is prefixed, thus: interdict ^7 , entertain v x , intrepid V. S. V , intricate l__ , intromit c_ ante, anti, anta, are represented by the "an" sign ^ placed over the beginning of the outline to which it is prefixed, thus : antecedent ^-' ! ~ x , antichrist ^ , antagony 2> inde, indi, indis, indus, are represented by the " in " sign ^ placed over the beginning of the outline to which it is prefixed, thus : indecent ^ , indifferent v^ , indiscreet ^ , industrious -?-/ ultra is represented by the large circle o placed over the beginning of the outline to which it is prefixed, thus : ultra- o marine & tele, intelle, intelli, are represented by a vertical tick placed over the beginning of the outline to which it is prefixed, thus : i , i telephone ^ , intellect * , intelligent ^ semi, sema, seme, are represented by the " sm " sign ^- placed over the beginning of the outline to which it is prefixed, thus : semitone -^ , semi-barbarous I , sema- ^ v k> phore > , semecarpus > deter, detra, detri, are represented by the " d " sign placed 16 SLOAJir-DUPLOYAN BEPOBTEB. over the beginning of the outline to which it is prefixed, thus : determine ( , detract ~/~ , detriment (,_ man, mana, mani, manu, mon, mono, monu, are represented by the " m " sign C placed over the beginning of the outline to which it is prefixed, thus : mandate -_ , manifest manufacture ^ monster ^ , monument ^ mag, magna, magne, magni, are represented by "ma" (, placed over the beginning of the outline to which it is C. prefixed, thus: magic , magnificent VA- , magnetic *, , magna charta ^~^- multi is represented by "ml" (, placed over the beginning of the outline to which it is prefixed, as : multiform S non, nom, nuui, are represented by the " n " sign ) placed over the beginning of the outline to which it is prefixed, thus : nonplus ^ , nominal v-' , numeral I/ irra, irre. inv are represented by the hook sign u reversed, thus: iirational ^~v , irreligious -^7 , irrigate / , irri- table =- edi, edu, are represented by the hook sign u placed over the beginning of the outline to which it is prefixed, thus : edify u , education Lr\ incon, incom, uncon, uncom, uncol, incum, are represented by the hook sign n reversed and placed over the beginning of SLOAJT-DUPLOYAN REPORTER. 17 the outline to which it is prefixed, thus : inconsistent n o incompetent ^ , unconnected 1 _ , uncollected <2 _ uncommon > /incumbent ? self, selves, are represented by " sf " ^\ , thus : selfish --v-, , them- selves -^\ ; just is represented by "st" ^ ,as: justify \ circum, circul, circu, are represented by " sk " ^-/ , thus : circumference ^v , circulation vy , circuitous ~-t_ _ / DOUBLE PREFIXES. Numerous double prefixes can be formed by joining the signs given for the simple prefixes, thus : preconstitute ^_ , pre- L compose ^ , predispose (^ , condescend v. , concomi- tant \_ , presuppose <>_, , anti-constitutional ~\, , non- r* '~ r > ^-\ conformist % , self-confident \ _ ^ , self-sufficient (T^ , ^^ irreconcilable !^f , transubstantiate "V-*, , discomfit v_ , misconduct -r~f When a nasal sotmd precedes a prefix, it is placed in front, thus: unsupported ^ - , insurrection ^ , insufferable P , insurgent / , insuperable ^*f , undetermined r ~7 , in- exorable > , inextricable 7? , &c., &c. EXERCISE GS PREFIXES. prodigal 1^ industry . . v. pretend ^ semiquaver 1 8 SLOATV-DTTPLOYAN REPOBTEB. _ perform ^. semaphoriat {/ congeal ^-^ semeiology C^ economist ,-^ deterioration ^ compete ~ Z. detractor counsel s~^ detrition colony <- mandarin 1 coherent manacle ^ monogram 1^ contraband ^ multiply V> contrition >^ v non-resident \ \j controversy ff 7 nomadic ^ counterpoint ^ numeration disarm ^-^> irradiance S designer ^ irreparable I, misprint ^^ irritate ~{s mesmerize ^-^ inconsolable "^<. sublime j incomparable X/ suppress T-v^ unconscious Y succour = uncollated SLOAN-DTTPLOYAST REPORTER. 1 9 /- suffocate j, uncompact ^^ suggestion I incumber ^ surrender * self-praise "A, sustain justice tranquility ^ / circumspect tramway ^ circulate transfer > condescension ^Sr* superstition l semi-transparent / \_ -^C supreme ~p contradistinction V suprarenal c, predetermine 7 > extradition , ~^~ inter-com m unication 7 -> C_, extremity ( - anti-monopoly //-, extrication ^ non-commissioned <.. ,. L interline / nondescript ^ enterprise o7 non-discovery v. , intrepidity ^ 'f> extra-superfine ^. d? intricacy Xv self-conscious introspection -^ self-contradiction \_y antecessor -< ultra-montane V ^~ antidote \ intransitive H n antagonist / unintelligent indecision expel SLOAN-DTTPLOYA'S BEPOBTEB. indirect v-' inexperience ^ indispose FIFTH LESSON. AFFIXES. ness is represented by the " n " sign ) , thus : hardness ; > ful " f " sign s , thus : graceful ^ less " 1 " sign s , thus : homeless ( tion, sion, &c., is represented by the " sh " sign ^ , thus : action K , mission 0^ tions, sions. tious, ^cious, cioue, are represented by " shs " *-^> , thus: connections ~^. , omissions * , fictitious ^ ' , conscious ^v_, , vicious V\y cession, cision, session, sation, -sition, sieian, are represented by "ssh" ^^ , thus : procession Lo , precision d/^ , pos- session kj~\ , sensation ^x^^ , acquisition /^^ , physician able, ible, are represented by the " b " sign , thus : terrible "j , durable | ment is represented by the " m " sign , thus : torment mony is represented by " my " C , thus : patrimony % mous, mus, are represented by " ms " C , thus : famous G isthmus ^- SLOAK-DUPLOYAN REPOKTEB. 21 monious is represented by " mis" >- , thus: parsimonious ism, some, are represented by " sm " ^ , thus : atheism <:L -\_ > wholesome <5"V cism, siasm, are represented by "ssm" V. , thus : criticism l~\ , enthusiasm "^A^ city, sity, are represented by " sty " ^ , thus : veracity \^ , verbosity ^ logy, ology, are represented by " Ig " -/ , thus : eulogy^/ 7 ' , / < / geology y cation is represented by the " k " siga / , thus : ramification ^, tive, ative, itive, are represented by the " v " sign \ , thus : attractive *-^ , primitive C. , lucrative ^ nous, neous, are represented by three-quarters of a circle v o thus : ruinous J) , ign.eous \ x, ex, ix, xt, &c., are represented by a tick written across the end of the outline to which it is affix-ed, thus : next 9, , text -v , unmixed ^ , betwixt U- , prefix ^c , annex y JDOUBLK AFFIXES. ably, ibly, are represented by " by " [ , thus : terribly \ notably <+, 22 SLOAy-DUPLOTAN REPORTER. fully is represented by " fy " \j , thus : usefully fulness is represented by " fn " ^ , thus: usefulness ^v lessly, ously, are represented by " ly " x" , thus : heedlessly , previously \x> lessness is represented by " In " /) , thus : endlessness -S) ableness, ibleness, are represented by " bn " L , thus : desirable- \ ness f , vincibleness V^ bility is represented by " bt " L , thus : ability \_ lative is represented by " Iv " /\ , thus : relative ^ iveness is represented by " vn " \> , thus : attractivness , , thus : hideousness (^i. , gorgeousness ^~\ someness is represented by " smn " , thus : wholesoineness EXERCISE ON AFFIXES. goodness =A> gratification careful interrogative SLOAIf-DTTPLOYAN EEPOETEB. 23 * reckless \ convictive ^v ^ refrigeration L compositive ^-^ suffusion indigenous ^H separation \r\ f k contemporaneous ~\v-x transfusions ^ climax <^\^ cautious ^x circumflex ^j^v-^ luscious V v vortex atrocious affix C^ concession ^ context ^/-^ circumcision conscionably _x^ assession unintelligibly C^ conversation 5*^ reproachfully contraposition ^V/^ *) deceitfulness ^~> musician v^ endlessly \ incontrovertible -^ -^^ unsupportable ^) traitorously recklessness interment V ^ matrimony kj uncomfortableness reprehensibleness ^-^f o synonymous ^ incompatibility minimus irrelative querimonious ^S^ concertative <^_ deism v~\ submissiveness 24 SLOAN-DrPLOYAX REPORTER. handsome "^M resinousness Scotticism (X rapaciousness \_ Roman ism ^r\ lusciousness / . y^ complicity r~\ factiousness ^ curiosity ^~\ courageousness J-/ paralogy Q ^~^) outrageousness ^7 phraseology I cumbersomeness SIXTH LESSON. THE TOWEL BULE. Shorten words by dropping their terminations. To enable the student to do so, it is only necessary to understand the two following diagrams : uh au aui examples : he seldom goes from home oo o u ^/ 'I ^ (^ The beginning of " g " being written above the end of " d " means that the word is not complete, and that the vowel-sound to be added is ' uh, au or aui." Love God --/ o~~ The child was decoyed by the stranger ^~v 6 ~7j \ / a few days ago, / The beginning of " d ' being placed below the end of " f," means that the word is not complete, and that the vowel-sound to be added is " oo or o." A rolling stone gathers no moss . o-"^ ") ) (q_^ SLOAtf-DUPLOYAN REPORTER. 25 ah, 1 long. I was delighted to meet him (J _ / - (r - u " t " being written cZose to ike end of " 1," neither above nor below, means that the word is not complete, and that the vowel-sound to be added is " ah or I long." Trespassers will be prosecuted, with the utmost rigour 6- The cross x which is used to indicate a period, may be placed in position to denote the vowel-sound at the end of a sentence, thus : at the meeting he voted against every reso- lution rv- .(k EXERCISE ON TOWEL RULE. I will not buoy you up with false hopes s) k ) C ^ C L x Variety is charming ^ ^ " ~x> x The speaker drew attention M* to this impropriety as a duty to the public - ^ a-^-^ ~^~ i. . 1 . The habits of society at this time would show the overthrow of morals - V o \.^^ ^^ "^ x We are not disposed to view the proposal in this light } \_ \_ ^ x-^" X Such im- v propriety of conduct would not be connived at in a well organised state of society, or among civilised people /'~N } ^\ a^ V- Under the circumstances, we are not disposed to oppose the proposal to introduce a new system proved to have produced such a wonderful improvement in the art of shorthand >-y 3 T 1 ^ V. ) I *l N.B. The "vowel rule" may be dispensed with by tracing the vowel, thus : many improvements were introduced * ) *" ^ 5 instead of "*)? * x We awaited his arrival at the station * < <, ^ a^~ ~\r^ , instead of -, ^L u V> x (Such words as the, a, an, of, at, to, &c., may be omitted when the sense of the sentence will oblige them to be restored). GENERAL EXERCISE. Regarding this announcement, a misconception seemed to have been formed by many/^ /- v^- . 7 ^i ^ "I >> L X The lecturer proceeded to describe the organ in phrenology known as philoprogenitiveness, the situation of which exhibited a remark- SLOAN-DUPLOTAN BEPOBTEB. 27 able example of the sublime order and consistency o the classifi- cation of the propensities - L? - 7- ^ \ v^, /, vf - " Of all the arts in which the wise excel, Nature's flrst masterpiece is writing well." ^ e- y"^^- C'^i^^S^ ^^ x Attribute not to fault what is due to i misfortune ^ ^ ^ _ -v/- Such are some of the incompre- hensible and irresistible forces in perpetual operation in the great laboratory of nature ,vAo_ ? ^_^i V , \ L ^ ^f o ,2, X To ^' * misjudge the many by the misconduct of the few would be as incompatible with reason as irreconcilable with justice "Y- v L ^^^If^.^^x Inordinate desires are the source of much disorder ^ ^ $_/ /~ ^-a> ( Q x Strenuously strive for the prize of independence ^" A, ^- L, o L, x I have many reasons for this, one of which is that there will be no necessity for a special meeting . . <\ * . this summer V, ^r-' \r -j ^j^vr^H j Truth is great, and will prevail ~^ z. / 28 SLOAN-DCTLOYAK BEPOBTEB. ON DISCRETION. T have often thought if the minds of men were laid open, we should see but little difference between that of a wise man and that of a fool. There are infinite reveries, numberless extravagances, and a succession of vanities which pass through both. The great difference is, that the first knows how to pick and cull his thoughts for conversation, by suppressing some and communicating others, whereas the other lets them all indifferently fly out in words. This sort of discretion, however, has no place in private conversation between intimate friends. On such occasions, the wisest men often talk like the weakest ; for, indeed, talking with a friend is nothing else than talking aloud. Tully h",s, therefore, very justly exposed a precept, delivered by some ancient writers, that a man should live with his friend in such a manner that if he became his enemy it should not be in his power to hurt him. The first part of this rule, which regards our behaviour towards an enemy, is, indeed, very reasonable as well as prudential; but the latter part of it, which regards our behaviour towards a friend, savours more of cunning than discretion, and would cut a man off from the greatest pleasures of life which are, the freedoms of conversation with a bosom friend. Besides that, when a friend is turned into an enemy, the world is just enough to accuse the perfidiousness of the friend rather than the indiscretion of the person who confided in him. Discretion does not only show itself in words, but in all the cir- cumstances of action, and is, like the under-agent of Providence, to guide and direct us in the ordinary concerns of life. SLOAN-DUPLOYAN BEPOBTEB. 29 ON DISCEETION. O V" L 05- o A k-G - ^ o- Lr ""7 O ^~\ ' / )o O A X 30 SLOAK-DITPLOYAtf BEPORTEE. We give the outlines for the following, as experience has shown us that beginners find most difficulty in the formation of these words. To words marked * the vowel rule is applied : *- coagulate /^ *riot Ir- create (also crate) t rehear (also rear, rare) si * diabolic -^ triumph <>_ diet C/ mirror 5_ incoherent ~"\ unrivalled hitherto y young ^ Reorganise -4 quantity ~sS annihilation [f* mammalia unanimously J period ^v, mercenary union (also onion) A, wonderfully /^ reunion ^ eloquence >->- uniting J warrior / allowing x^ interior /-> literary >o inferior \~ lovliest +& exterior ,X-a graduative 0. inharmonious J *gradual 1^ unrepenting -j^\ unionist ^ 1 unreadable