If anyone is intrigued by constructed scripts like shorthand, there are some more approachable, practical ones that don't need years of study. The poet George

If anyone is intrigued by constructed scripts like shorthand, there are some more approachable, practical ones that don't need years of study. The poet George Bernard Shaw was famously irritated by English orthography, especially spelling, and pushed for reform. To that end he first invented a phonetic transcription of English which he called Shavian [1] and published book written in it as a fun demonstration [2]. Starting with Shavian, Kingsley Read then improved the alphabet into a more practical form called Quikscript [3], a little more cursive and designed for handwriting. I've used it for journalling and there's a few users out there [4] if you search. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shavian_alphabet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shavian_alphabet 2. https://www.amazon.com/Shaw-Alphabet-Androcles-Lion/dp/B0000CLLUK https://www.amazon.com/Shaw-Alphabet-Androcles-Lion/dp/B0000... 3. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/quikscript.htm http://www.omniglot.com/writing/quikscript.htm 4. https://www.reddit.com/r/Quickscript https://www.reddit.com/r/Quickscript