Subj : A rule needed :)
To   : Paul Quinn
From : Alexander Koryagin
Date : Tue Dec 03 2019 08:55:58

Hi, Paul Quinn! ->Alexander Koryagin
I read your message from 03.12.2019 00:42

 AK>> But stenographers and typists do different job. A stenographer
 AK>> doesn't type his texts; they write speeches down by hand using the
 AK>> special stenographic symbols and tricks. The only problem is that
 AK>> nobody can read their scripts. ;-)

 PQ> Neither can I. That's why they - did- type from their own notes! I
 PQ> don't know who told you that they didn't. Did Ardith? Naughty. ;)

I always thought that they didn't type their scripts because actually nobody 
needs the information they write down. ;-) IMHO, stenography is like the black 
box recorder on a plane. Just in case. ;-)

 PQ> Although the 'chicken scratchings' form that steno notes may start
 PQ> by using a standard script, often the person would insert their own
 PQ> symbology to account for in-house terms and abbreviations, for
 PQ> example.

Once I watched a comedy in which the signer (translator) did his job, but the 
speaker suddenly started speaking in a very non-standard, informal way. The 
signer was forced desperately invent funny ways to deliver the speech to the 
audience. It was very funny.

 PQ> It's similar to the medical field where there is a notation form
 PQ> for even the specification of patients' medication. Ask a nurse,
 PQ> pharmacist or doctor (? maybe) how their 'shorthand' looks for a
 PQ> typical example for: "1 pill, twice a day". (I'm counting on
 PQ> Russian equivalent folk doing the same, of course... /fingers
 PQ> crossed/.)

Recently I went to the drugstore and the druggist studied a long  time what was 
written on my prescription. Then he searched it in the Internet and in five 
minutes we got the correct name. ;)

 PQ> The separation of typing duties from stenography was only possible
 PQ> with the introduction of dictatorial equipment. History lesson,
 PQ> finished. Thank you for listening. :)

Well, also I delivered what I wanted. :-)

Bye, Paul!
Alexander Koryagin
english_tutor 2019

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