Phonography is rapidly finding its way into the Public Schools, and the demand for teachers of the regular branches who can also teach Phonography is now far in advance of the supply.
Those unacquainted with Phonographycan not readily appreciate the ease with which it may be mastered, and the delight incidental to the unfolding of its principles.
For example, in former times the telegraph, which causes the East and the West to communicate, was unknown but not impossible; photography and phonography were unknown but not impossible.
So telegraphy, photography, phonography and all such inventions and wonderful arts were at one time hidden mysteries.
A lady can learn phonography as young as sixteen, or at the mature age of thirty-five; but it is almost needless to say that the art can be mastered much easier at the former than the latter age.
The fact is, they are all based on the original phonography of Isaac Pitman, who himself, by the way, was the first to set the example of making changes and "improvements.
Many persons, even in remote and small places, would learn phonographyif the subject were brought to their attention by an instructor.
A great many learners of this art prefer to have a teacher's help, though phonography can be mastered without such aid.
For all practical purposes phonography is no better now than it was thirty years ago.
The trouble is, however, that many of the so-called teachers of phonography have never done any actual reporting in their lives, and their advice and suggestions are not of much value.
A Practical Guide toPhonography or Phonetic Short-Hand.
I do want you to take a rest this summer, whether you learn phonography or not.
I'll bet Phonography is agin slavery, tho' I never hearn tell of it before.
Before discussing the question of phonography we ask attention to one or two facts regarding Landa's alphabet which do not appear to have been previously noticed, yet have an important hearing on the subject.
With what bright anticipations we took up the study of Phonography last October!
Man's thoughts fly faster than his fingers, and it is only by the "winged words" of Phonography that the hand is enabled to keep pace with the mind.
And not the least among the many methods and inventions for this purpose is Phonography or shorthand, which is finding a place in almost every branch of business.
To this end, the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen, recognizing the growing demands for the use of Phonography and typewriting, added to their already large benevolence a class for the study of these branches.
Though you may live many years, and practice Phonography all your life, you probably never will feel that you have a perfect knowledge of all the details of the art.
Some of the above substitutions are perhaps natural enough, in consequence of the fact of extra sounds, having no special characters for them in the alphabet, which was phonography for the Latin language only.
The primal cause of the chaotic condition of English orthography, is the fact that the Roman alphabet, which was a perfect phonography of the old Latin language, lacked characters for four English vowels and four English consonants.
This begins with about twenty pages of words that can be read at once by those who have used the "First Nursery Reading-Book," because the Roman alphabet is a phonography for it all.
Similar dots under d t s c would have made a phonography of consonants, and avoided the awkward combinations of sh, ch, and the ambiguity of th, which now stands for the differing initials of then and thin.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "phonography" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: contraction; phonetics; shorthand
