Bob Petry's Home Page for Dutton World Speedwords

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This page updated 10-16-97.

"The Only Official Site for Rap Lin Rie /World Speedwords"

Ordinary writing at Shorthand Speed for all Languages

This, the only World Brief-Script in existence, breaks down all the present language barriers to free international correspondence between all countries.

"Another outstanding and attractive feature of Dutton Speedwords [Rap Lin Rie] is the fact that it is the first abbreviated writing invention in history which at once transcribes all languages." ---R. J. G. Dutton

Rap Lin Rie Used as a SHORTHAND System

Rap Lin Rie, as you know by now is not only an international auxiliary language,but it is also a nifty, effective shorthand system. For those who just wish to double, triple or quadruple their writing/notetaking speed, this page will explore the shorthand basics.

1. Learn these 10 shorthand words and increase your longhand writing speed by 25%.

the = l; of = d; and = &; to = a; in = i; a = u; that = k; is = e; was = y; he = s.

FACT: Twenty-five percent of all written communication in the English language is made up of just ten words. (Other languages have their similar words.) "When we write, we use just ten words over and over again, so frequently in fact, that one of those ten words is used on the average everyfive words." Rapid Writing in 6 Days. Page 34.

Practice using these ten words immediately. In ten minutes or less you can have them memorized. Now, write them ten times each. And, as you write them, say out loud the meaning of the word. Here's how:

Write l, say the, write l, say the, ten times. Then write d, say of, etc. Do this with all ten words. Then reverse the process.

Write the, say l (el), write of, say d, etc. Do this with all ten words. Now, guess what? You can now write 25% faster than you could before.

Here are practice sentences for you:

L book e mine.

K bood e f you.

&, I like k book f me.

E k my book?

S said k e his book.

T y my book first.

Go a l book store & see k t e your book.

K y real easy. & just think, t only took ten minutes, or so.

NOTICE: From c point on, as u new word e learned, t will be used i l text a explain l rest d l system. I fact, i case you have not noticed t, we began a do k already.

Now, before reading any further, take u nice break. Come back refreshed & ready a increase your speed.

2. At this point, we are going a teach you a double your writing speed!

FACT: "If you add another forty words to the initial ten common words you have already learned and have been practicing, you will know fifty of the most common words used in English. In fact, 50 percent of all written communication consists of these fifty words." Rapid Writing in 6 Days, p. 52.

Here is l list of those forty new words:

Words 11-20:

it = t; you = v; as = z; not = n; he = s; will = r; have = h; with = m; be = e, I = j.

Now, please practice these words just like v did m l first set d ten. Then, take your break & come back when v are refreshed. Don't forget a use these new words right away.

Now, some more practice sentences:

J know v are u friend.

Z soon z v can, write me.

T e best k v go home m u friend.

J r n h l book here until late.

J like Rap Lin Rie. T e fun a write.

Dutton's Phrasings

Rap Lin Rie/ World Speedwords was meant to be a "double-speed" writing system. Once the student's vocabulary had developed, the desire to be more efficient in writing comes more into play. Dutton taught the use of phrasing to help achieve this desire. Every space saved in typing, or every lifting of the pen in writing that is reduced, increases one's speed in writing. Rap Lin Rie becomes more efficient as the student progresses. And, on top of that, Rap Lin Rie is still a complete international language for universal correspondence.

I hope this list is a help to those of you who are now beginning to use Rap Lin Rie.

Category A

This list gives the phrases which, when joined, do not clash with one of the 493 parent Speedwords.

a-few ufu

after-all poal

all-the/ all

and-we/ &w

and-that/ &k

and-which / &qu

and-if / &x

and-will/ &r

and-have/ &h

and-the / &l

and-a / &u

and-it / &t

and-also / &ai

and-had/ &hy

and-with / &m

and-in / &i

and-can/ &p

and-was/ &y

any-time/ Ulte

as-possible/ zib

as-a / zu

as-you / zv

as-it / zt

as-the / zl

as-little / zet

by-the / byl

can-have / ph

could-not / ypn

for-the / fl

for-you / fv

for-us / fw

for-them / fg

for-their / fgi

from-you/ Dv

from-it / Dt

from-the / Dl

from-them / Dg

had-been / hye

I-have / jh

I-think / jpu

I-know / jsa

I-can / jp

I-must / jms

I-should-(be) / Jyr(e)

I-do-not / jn

I-had / jhy

if-you / xv

if-they / xg

if-not / xn

if-the / xl

in-a / iu

in-our / iwi

in-which / iqu

in-whom / iqi

it-will-(be) / tr(e)

it-would-(be) / tyr(e)

last-year / uvoan

last-week / uvose

last-month / uvolu

last-time / uvote

may-be / pie

much-better / musu

much-more / mume

of-the / dl

of-this / dc

of-us / dw

of-them / dg

of-it / dt

of-their / dgi

of-all / dal

of-which/ dqu

or-are / ore

send-me / zej

send-us / zew

so-long / solo

so-good / sogu

so-on / soo

some-time/ ulte

should-be / Yre

that-the / kl

that-you / kv

that-it / kt

that-this / kc

that-will / kr

they-will / gr

they-can / gp

they-have / gh

they-may / gpi

they-were / gy

this-seek / cse

this-will / cr

the-most / lmy

the-better / lsu

the-time / lte

to-me / aj

to-whom / aqi

to-what / aqd

to-our / awi

to-us / aw

to-my / aji

we-have / wh

we-had / why

we-should-(be) / Wyre

we-can / wp

we-must / wms

we-shall-(be) / Wre

was-not / yn

were-not / yn

will-not / rn

will-you / rv

what-the / qdl

when-the qel

when-a / qeu

which-should / Quyr

which-would / quyr

which-we / quw

which-were / quy

which-has / quh

which-the / qul

with-you / mv

with-your / mvi

with-our / vwi

with-the / ml

with-us / mw

with-them / wg

would-be / yre

would-have / yrh

you-will / vr

you-will-be/ vre

you-have / vh

you-can / vp

you-could / vyp

you-have-been/ vhe

you-would-be / uyre

Category B

Special Speed Contractions

as-soon-as / zjz

as-well-as / zuz

as-much-as / zmz

dear-sir / zao

dear-madam / zaf

my-own / jii

our-own / wii

their-own / gii

its-own / tii

sooner / mja

longer / mlo

greater / Mla

he-or-she / orr

day-by-day / dede

week-after-week / sese

mother-and-father / merp

father-and-mother / perm

more-or-less / meex

more-and-more / meme

over-and-over / ovov

now-and-then/ nuux

at-first / uvi

at-last / uvov

at-least / myxi

at-once / uzi

at-all / ali

Note: mja, mlo and Mla, are the contractions for meja, melo, meLa. All of the comparatives may be contracted in the same way.

Category C

These following few categories clash with parent words. So, they cannot be joined in the same way. Connect them with a longer separating line so as not to have to lift the pen from the paper. There is no need to connect these words when typing them.

as-was / z-y

at-the / A-l

at-a / A-u

and-is / &-e

are-not / e-n

after-the / po-l

can-be / p-e

from-a / D-u

he-is / s-e

I-am / j-e

I-will / j-r

in-the / i-l

is-the / e-l

is-not / e-n

is-that / e-k

it-is / t-e

it-was / t-y

have-been / h-e

of-a / d-u

on-the / o-l

so-that / so-k

this-is / c-e

they-are / g-e

to-it / a-t

to-you / a-v

to-your / a-vi

to-a / a-u

we-are / w-e

which-are / qu-e

with-a / m-a

who-are / qi-e

you-are / v-e

will-be / r-e

Finally: I would appreciate feedback from all of you. Suggestions, questions, experiences with Rap Lin Rie, etc. would be most helpful. I really do want to help make it a viable and useful tool for you. Bob Petry, C.L.

This page will be updated often so keep returning if you want to learn Rap Lin Rie as the shorthand system only. This material is a reprint of: Rap Lin Rie, Weekend Shorthand System, "Or, Teach Your Pencil, Pen, Typewriter and Computer to Write TWICE as Fast, NOW!" by Robert J. Petry, C.L., Embassy Publication, Tucson,Arizona, USA, Copyright 1997.

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