Teeline is a shorthand system accepted by the NCTJ, an organisation for journalists in the United Kingdom. It is adaptable to a variety of languages but is mainly only used within the Commonwealth. Shorthand is an abbreviated, symbolic writing method that improves speed of writing or brevity as compared to a normal method of writing a language. ... The National Council for the Training of Journalists was founded in 1951 as an organisation to oversee the training of journalists for the newspaper industry in the United Kingdom. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...

The Lord's Prayer (ELLC version), written in Teeline, accompanied by the English words. The red words indicate where two English words are combined into a single word grouping.

It was developed in 1970 by James Hill, a teacher of Pitman Shorthand, as a streamlined way to transcribe the spoken word quickly by removing unnecessary letters from words and making the letters themselves faster to write. Vowels are often removed when they are not the first or last letter of a word, and silent letters are also ignored. Common prefixes, suffixes, and word pairings (such as "sh" and "ing") are reduced to single symbol. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Representation of the Sermon on the Mount The Lords Prayer in Swahili. ... The English Language Liturgical Consultation (ELLC) is a group of national associations of ecumenical liturgists in the English-speaking world. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... James J. Hill (September 16, 1838 – May 29, 1916), was a noted American railroad tycoon. ... Pitman Shorthand is a system of shorthand for the English language developed by Sir Isaac Pitman (1813–1897), who first presented it in 1837. ... In an alphabetic writing system, a silent letter is a letter that, in a particular word, does not correspond to any sound in the words pronunciation. ...

The symbols themselves are derived from the old cursive forms of the letter and the unnecessary parts are again stripped leaving only the core of the letter left.

It differs from many shorthand systems by basing itself on the alphabet as opposed to phonetics, making it more simple to learn but also carrying the speed limitations of the alphabet when compared to other systems. Still, speeds above 140 words-per-minute are possible.

Some students initially find it difficult, but with practice can understand the system in a short period of time.

References

• Bowers, Meriel; Jean Clarkson, Stephanie Hall, Celia Osborne, Ulli Parkinson (1991). Teeline Gold (The Course Book), 1, Oxford: Heinemann Educational. ISBN 0-435-45353-X. 

External links

• Teeline alphabet and examples
• Teeline audio dictation and shorthand samples