Excerpt from Phonetic Word Painting: A Method of Representing the English Language by an Alphabet Equally Well Adapted to Printing and to Writing, In Three Styles: Full Hand, Business and Reporting, Simple Scientific, Legible, Brief, Theoretically True, Practically UsefulAn earnest desire to see introduced into general use a system of Phonetic Short-hand writing adapted to use in ordinary business transactions and correspondence, has led the author to the production of a radically new system of representing the English language in writing and printing.In 1853 the author heard a story told with vowels only, which was easily understood. The question then occurred to him - do not the vowels, and not the consonants, constitute the body of speech?About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.