--- id: 2025-11-16T08:09:00-0500 title: 2025-11-16 08:09:?? tags: - status/draft - topic/hobbies/shorthand - topic/hobbies/writing daily: "[[2025-11-16]]" --- # 2025-11-16 08:09:?? Yesterday evening, while I was reading [[leslie-et-al_1968_gregg-notehand]], for the first time practicing its lessons, trying to [[learn-shorthand]], I was growing frustrated with the terminology the text uses to express English phonology. I found a great article that effectively expresses the pain I feel every time someone says "silent e": [Guess What? They're ALL Silent Letters!](https://mbsteven.edublogs.org/2018/05/05/guess-what-theyre-all-silent-letters/)