What is Teeline?...

It has become the preferred shorthand system of journalists because:

• it is based on the letters of the alphabet already familiar to us (user friendly)

• it incorporates usual abbreviations and texting techniques (b for be, r for are)

• it has a light rote-learning memory load and is considered 'instinctual'

• you need 100 hours to reach 100 wpm

Here is an example of how ordinary writing becomes Teeline Shorthand:

1. Normal letters are reduced to skeleton form by eliminating unnecessary letters

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2. The letters are written in a streamlined form

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3. Join the letters together

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• We write at up to 40 wpm legibly!

• We speak at around 150-180 wpm normally!

• A workable minimum for journalists is 100 wpm

• Teeline writing has been achieved at 200 wpm

• The world record for shorthand is 350 wpm recorded by Nathan Behrin in 1922, according to the Guinness Book of Records

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