Comments on: The new shorthand? http://www.miss-verstaendnis.com/2008/06/01/the-new-shorthand/ Germany 101 Sun, 18 Jul 2010 19:19:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dorf http://www.miss-verstaendnis.com/2008/06/01/the-new-shorthand/comment-page-1/#comment-314 Dorf Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:48:46 +0000 http://www.miss-verstaendnis.com/?p=199#comment-314 Funnily enough, shorthand (t-line) is sms language - that's the firststep. Learning t-line, you first remove vowels and double letters from all words, then further reduce common letter groups, like ing, and then further reduce them into one-stroke symbols. Funnily enough, shorthand (t-line) is sms language – that’s the firststep. Learning t-line, you first remove vowels and double letters from all words, then further reduce common letter groups, like ing, and then further reduce them into one-stroke symbols.

]]> By: phil http://www.miss-verstaendnis.com/2008/06/01/the-new-shorthand/comment-page-1/#comment-274 phil Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:29:09 +0000 http://www.miss-verstaendnis.com/?p=199#comment-274 I am not sure how much of this guide is meant seriously. I think it is fun to give it a try and think about the option of using dz guide n evrEdA lNijw :P I am not sure how much of this guide is meant seriously. I think it is fun to give it a try and think about the option of using dz guide n evrEdA lNijw
:P

]]> By: 42317 http://www.miss-verstaendnis.com/2008/06/01/the-new-shorthand/comment-page-1/#comment-273 42317 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:06:12 +0000 http://www.miss-verstaendnis.com/?p=199#comment-273 Lead the way? Oh my... rushing and pushing linguistic developments is pure actionism and foolishness. Language develops on its own, without someone deliberately starting to use new forms. It has nothing to do with a nation's alleged love of efficiency, it just happens. A rather quick example would be the degradation of politeness in German casual language after two world wars, and it still took a few decades. "Grabendeutsch" is not very eloquent and the Nazis looked down upon COURTesy as being reactionary. The Nazis and the trenches are gone, but the daily "Scheiße" remains - and nobody realizes it's actually a "bad" word. Lead the way? Oh my… rushing and pushing linguistic developments is pure actionism and foolishness. Language develops on its own, without someone deliberately starting to use new forms. It has nothing to do with a nation’s alleged love of efficiency, it just happens.

A rather quick example would be the degradation of politeness in German casual language after two world wars, and it still took a few decades.
“Grabendeutsch” is not very eloquent and the Nazis looked down upon COURTesy as being reactionary.
The Nazis and the trenches are gone, but the daily “Scheiße” remains – and nobody realizes it’s actually a “bad” word.

]]> By: Phil A http://www.miss-verstaendnis.com/2008/06/01/the-new-shorthand/comment-page-1/#comment-267 Phil A Mon, 02 Jun 2008 06:01:59 +0000 http://www.miss-verstaendnis.com/?p=199#comment-267 Hey, I recently realized that my nickname philly can be expressed in such a cool German-effiecient way applying the rules of the SMS lingo: phil A (phil eeeyy) Cool huh? :) Hey, I recently realized that my nickname philly can be expressed in such a cool German-effiecient way applying the rules of the SMS lingo: phil A (phil eeeyy)
Cool huh? :)

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