Welcome to the wonderful contradicting world that is shorthand.
As first year journalism students have come to the end of learning about the theory of shorthand and will now start experiencing rigorous dictation four times a week, I felt it would be fitting to write a list of points that we've learned which summarises the ironic statement: "The Thing About Shorthand".
The irony being that there isn't one 'thing'; there are loads.
Behold a collection of phrases, which I'll continually update, from our genuinely lovely and wonderful shorthand tutor attempting to explain what the "thing about shorthand" is:
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