BEERS SHORTHAND - Advanced Principles

Like MOST shorthand authors, BEERS didn't just stop with his alphabet, but added a number of more advanced principles to add sounds to words in an efficient way.

Some of them I think are a good idea, and others I think were not. It often happens that a shorthand author will take things a bit too far, IMO, and he'll end up ruining what was a nice simple system with too many "expedients" that the writer will have to remember and apply.

And if the speed is already challenging, this can be more of a hindrance than a help.