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A Plover dictionary for the Miles Bartholomew Stenograph system, patented in 1879.
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| { | |
| "O": "{^}{&D}", | |
| "E": "{^}{&D}", | |
| "H": "{^}{&N}", | |
| "-F": "{^}{&N}", | |
| "P": "{^}{&R}", | |
| "-P": "{^}{&R}", | |
| "T": "{^}{&T}", | |
| "-L": "{^}{&T}", | |
| "S": "{^}{&S}", | |
| "-T": "{^}{&S}", | |
| "HO": "{^}{&L}", | |
| "EF": "{^}{&L}", | |
| "PH": "{^}{&M}", | |
| "-FP": "{^}{&M}", | |
| "TP": "{^}{&K}", | |
| "-PL": "{^}{&K}", | |
| "ST": "{^}{&Z}", | |
| "-LT": "{^}{&Z}", | |
| "PO": "{^}{&Th}", | |
| "EP": "{^}{&Th}", | |
| "TH": "{^}{&P}", | |
| "-FL": "{^}{&P}", | |
| "SH": "{^}{&W}", | |
| "-FT": "{^}{&W}", | |
| "TO": "{^}{&H}", | |
| "EL": "{^}{&H}", | |
| "SO": "{^}{&B}", | |
| "ET": "{^}{&B}", | |
| "PHO": "{^}{&Y}", | |
| "EFP": "{^}{&Y}", | |
| "TPH": "{^}{&I}", | |
| "-FPL": "{^}{&I}", | |
| "STP": "{^}{&V}", | |
| "-PLT": "{^}{&V}", | |
| "THO": "{^}{&E}", | |
| "EFL": "{^}{&E}", | |
| "STO": "{^}{&O}", | |
| "ELT": "{^}{&O}", | |
| "TPO": "{^}{&G}", | |
| "EPL": "{^}{&G}", | |
| "STH": "{^}{&F}", | |
| "-FLT": "{^}{&F}", | |
| "SPO": "{^}{&Sh}", | |
| "EPT": "{^}{&Sh}", | |
| "STPO": "{^}{&A}", | |
| "EPLT": "{^}{&A}", | |
| "TPHO": "{^}{&U}", | |
| "EFPL": "{^}{&U}", | |
| "STPH": "{^}{&Ch}", | |
| "-FPLT": "{^}{&Ch}", | |
| "STHO": "{^}{&J}", | |
| "EFLT": "{^}{&J}", | |
| "SP": "{^}{&C}", | |
| "-PT": "{^}{&C}", | |
| "SHO": "{^}{&X}", | |
| "EFT": "{^}{&X}", | |
| "SPHO": "{^}{&Q}", | |
| "EFPT": "{^}{&Q}" | |
| } |
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You can see the original alphabet in the photos at the bottom here:
https://www.antiquetypewriters.com/typewriter/stenograph-1st-form/
The system uses a mirrored version of 5 keys, so both thumbs are the same key, both index fingers are the same, etc. Bartholomew's idea was to spell, but with chords, and to alternate hands. He claimed you could reach 600 letters per minute, good enough for 170 to 240 words per minute. The keys are numbered in his original alphabet, 1-5, thumbs being 1, pinkies being 5. There's also a Lord's Prayer in the examples photos, from the original learning materials, which shows off abbreviations, like "father" is F-Th-r, three strokes.
In my steno dictionary version of Bartholomew's layout, the keys used are STPHO for the left-hand side, and EFPLT for the right-hand side, which mirrors the left.