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==Writing==

Stenoscript is written using traditional longhand [[cursive]] characters with a few variations (t's are not crossed, i's and j's are not dotted, m's and w's are written as a single long curve, and 'F' is written like a crossed '7') and a few punctuation marks (dash, slash, comma) used as letters. Lower-case letters are used for phonetically spelling words. Upper-case letters have special meanings,: for example, 'F' represents the suffix ''-ful'' or ''-fully'' and 'S' represents the letter-pair ''st''. Unless they are silent, vowels are written when they occur at the beginning or end of a word, but monophthongs within words are omitted: "bank" becomes ''bq.'' (The letter 'q' represents the ''-nk'' sound.) Instead of writing -ed or -d at the end of a word, Stenoscript indicates the past tense of a verb by underlining the final letter of the stem.<ref name=ABC>M. Avencena, Stenoscript ABC Shorthand, 1967 revised edition.</ref>

The author claimed that a student of his system could "attain a speed of 80 words a minute with comparatively little effort" and that speeds of 100 to 120 words per minute could be reached after intensive study and drilling.