SHORTHAND-ART OF WRITING

It is very difficult to write as fast as you speak .But very often it is necessary to take down the word as someone speaks them in order to have a record.one way of doing this is writing in shorthand.Shorthand is the writing by means of signs that can be made quickly.these signs are not the same as words .they can be read later by a person who knows the system.The word 'shorthand' is used to describe this method.It is also known as Stenography.General notion is that the idea of shorthand is modern invention,but it is actually about 2000 years old.In ancient Roman times,orators like Cicero and Senecoa were making great speeches in the Roman senate .A man named Tiro,in 63 B.C;invented a system of taking down these speeches .His system was good that it was taught in the Roman schools ,learned by the emperors,and remained in use for hundred of years.It was used initials,which made it a kind of abberviation.Modern shorthand was born in England at the time of queen Elizabeth .A system was invented that allowed each sign to to slant in four different direction and base of each sign could be made in twelve different ways..........