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minus-squaresem@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 hours agoIt’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.
minus-squarehddsx@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 hours agoWhy is the w more important than the t, with the T representing the second syllable
minus-squaresem@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 hours agoIt 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.
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.
Why is the w more important than the t, with the T representing the second syllable
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.