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 The small or short vowels, a. e, i, o, u, are seldom used in words of more than one syllable and never when silent. Each of the small short vowels is expressed in the words: pat, pet, pit, pot, put.

The sound of each word is expressed, as in short hand systems, either phonetically or stenographically, either way being adopted inasmuch as it facilitates the reading of the exercise.

All consonants, vowels, and figures, such as B, C, I, K, T, 2, 4, 8, etc., stand for the words they phonetically express, C for see or sea, I for eye or I, T for tea, 2 for too or two, 8 for ate or eight, etc. IOU&$&&hlf means I owe you a dollar and a half. No regard need be paid to orthographic or correct spelling, only such words as may be considered indispensably necessary to give the sound of the word, must be expressed. As in all phonographic systems, each word expressed by consonants, must be guessed by supplying vowels, or from its position in the context. The reader, after a little practice, will find no difficulty in making out the words expressed by their consonants, as bsk, bbl, bkm, drk, meaning bask or busk, became or become, dark or dirk. The context will readily suggest the word that is meant.

When it is necessary to prefix a capital letter to a word, the capital is prefixed to the word with a space before it as r@2 Jms& Ptr, "write to James and Peter."