How Bout We Stop Talking and Start Living?

Holy Trinity, Personal Posts, and All that Jazz

[the-memedaddy]

Me_irl

[moreofem]

[meyhew]

i think the person writing these headlines deserves a raise

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[fairyeater]

The older I get the more I understand Britney Spears.

[hilarioushumorfromouterspace]

[cfluffiness]

Someone in facebook also posted this too

[xmagnet-o]

Omg

[halcyonjester]

Mediglyphics

[klubbhead]

This shit’s infuriating

[pseudonymsobriquet]

Oh, this is a type of shorthand!

There are 3 main types, but from my research, this looks to be American Gregg Shorthand.

As you can see, there are set symbols for every letter.

Let’s break one of the words down:

Using the Gregg Alphabet as reference, we can see most of the letters in “atrophied” are present. But why no “o” vowel, and why is “ph” written as “f”?

Simple. In shorthand, you cut out all vowels in a word when writing it down, with the exception of words that BEGIN or END with a vowel (hence the “a” at the start being present), or like in the “i” in “atrophied”, to make it more readable when the sound could be harder to distinguish if it isn’t written. In “atrophied” if the the “i” isn’t written, it could be hard to tell if the writer meant a “fud”, “fad”, “fod” or “fid” sound, for example.

Also, since Shorthand is a phonetic writing system, you are encouraged to write down the phonetic sounds of words rather than the actual letter blends - in this case, write an “f” instead of a “ph”.

So in actuality, these aren’t just meaningless scribbles - it’s Gregg Shorthand, a writing system developed to take down notes more quickly than when written out in full, which is very useful in a medical or journalistic environment.

Some people can even write over 100 words in a minute! And, it’s been in use since John Robert Gregg invented it in 1888! Wow! So old!

Isn’t language amazing~?

[r4cs0]

[timhulsizer]

[bother]

[narwhalertheimpaler]

This is the most accurate description I’ve ever found, thought it was worth spreading ❀

[fluoresensitivearchive-deactiva]

cats: *big sleep*

cats: *wake up, lil bath, lil food*

cats: oh man … i’m so sleepy *big sleep part 5*

[sugarfile]

When Alex scored so many goals that even her teammates didn’t know how many 😂😂

[catchymemes]

[vincentspork]

who’s putting washing machines in their kitchen

[fairy-islearchive-deactivated20]

British people, apparently

[dykely]

i want a girl to ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… hold me

[dykely]

honestly i wrote this about my gf before we started dating and now we live together and have been together for a year and a half so i’ve decided this post casts womanly love to all u ladies

[sixpenceee]

“An uplifting surprise on my porch” posted by u/padelsh

[technohumanlation]

This made me cry

[foxes-in-love]

Sometimes, it’s box day.

[leesh]

she really wasn’t kidding about johns underwear

[leesh]

the saga continues

[averagefairy]

must have been easier to be alive before news traveled so fast and you were only ever aware of a handful of tragedies instead of thousands and thousands of them being delivered to you on a daily basis. why is there even a question of why our generation is so depressed and anxious like I’ll tell you why?? everything i read breaks my heart and my capacity to empathize and be outraged is absolutely maxed out. yeah i’m sad bitch! we’re all sad! there’s no relief!

[awakandangoddess]

This

gotta be the equivalent to this

[misomimii]

Same energy

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