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phonography


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Phonography  \Pho*nog"ra*phy\,  n.  [Phono-  +  -graphy.] 
  1.  A  description  of  the  laws  of  the  human  voice,  or  sounds 
  uttered  by  the  organs  of  speech. 
 
  2.  A  representation  of  sounds  by  distinctive  characters; 
  commonly,  a  system  of  shorthand  writing  invented  by  Isaac 
  Pitman,  or  a  modification  of  his  system,  much  used  by 
  reporters. 
 
  Note:  The  consonants  are  represented  by  straight  lines  and 
  curves;  the  vowels  by  dots  and  short  dashes;  but  by 
  skilled  phonographers,  in  rapid  work  most  vowel  marks 
  are  omitted,  and  brief  symbols  for  common  words  and 
  combinations  of  words  are  extensively  employed.  The 
  following  line  is  an  example  of  phonography,  in  which 
  all  the  sounds  are  indicated: