8 Dec 2016 (updated 8 Dec 2016 at 18:08 UTC)
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My Plover steno dictionary
Here are some interesting definitions from my personal Plover steno dictionary.
Proper nouns
I have a habit of setting up proper nouns with -LZ on the right hand. (It's unlikely to clash with anything; there's no reason beyond that.) So for example:
"K-LZ": "King's Cross",
"SP-LZ": "St Pancras",
Punctuation
"KR-GS": "{^~|”}",
"KR-GZ": "{^~|\"}",
"KW-GS": "{~|“^}",
"KW-GZ": "{~|\"^}",
In the standard dictionary, KW-GS and KR-GS are open and close quotes, respectively. I've remapped them to curly quotes. The straight quotes are moved to KW-GZ and KR-GZ in case I need them.
"-RBS": "{^,” said}",
"SKHRAPLS": "{^!” said}",
Separate chords for typing things like comma, close quote, "said", These save me a lot of time. SKHRAPLS also avoids writing a capital S in, for example, "Woof!" Said the dog (because the exclamation mark makes Plover think you've started a new sentence).
"R-R": "{^}{#Return}{#Return}{^}{-|}",
"R-RS": "{^}{#Return}{#Return}{^}“{^}{-|}",
Because I can never remember the chord for "new paragraph".
"TK-RB": "{^—}",
TK-RB is the standard stroke for a dash, but here it's remapped to an em dash.
Pedantry
"TEUL": "until",
"TIL": "till",
In the standard dictionary, these are
until and
'til, respectively. I have remapped them because
'til is not a thing.
Others
"OG": "oh",
"PH-R": "Mr {-|}",
"PH-RS": "Mrs {-|}",
"SED": "said",
"THO": "though",
"WAOEU": "why"
The standard strokes for oh and Mr are bizarre and unmemorable.
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