• sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    13 hours ago

    It’s a semi arbitrary symbol for speeding up handwriting. It’s just supposed to be recognizable, connecting the two most important letters. Which it does well.

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      12 hours ago

      Why is the w more important than the t, with the T representing the second syllable

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        6 hours ago

        It just makes more sense to me. The w sound is longer and more important imo but I wouldn’t be mad if you did shorthand a different way.