USE A FEW CONCEPTS – NOT A MILLION BRIEFS!

(MEMORY SCHMEMORY – WHO HAS ONE ANYMORE???Presenters: Donna Urlaub, RPR, RMR, CRRUrlaub Bowen & Associates Reporting and Videoconferencing

Kathleen Grove, RPR, CRR, CLVSGrove & Associates Reporting and Video Services

TELL ‘EM WHAT YOU’LL COVER:

Strategies which will empower you – and can we stress we’re not talking about

memorization! – to shorten (SHORPBT) your writing including (but not limited to)

beginnings, endings, squishing, squeezing, tucking, massaging, caressing – but we

digress…

THINK!(About what you are writing!)

STOP(Writing too many strokes)

Keep it short and clean!

BACK TO BASICS

(ARE YOU STILL WRITING THAT SECOND STROKE?)

Ready R-D Easy E*Z Busy B-Z Data DAT Study STUD Item TEM Pretty PRET Zero ZER Weapon WEP Bureau BAOUR Heavy HEF Female FAOEM Review RAOEF Bottom BOMT Trauma TRAUM Multiple MULT Maintain MAINT Professor PROEF Tissue TISH Issue ISH City STI County KI Policy POIL

Schedule SKED Theory THAOER Ballot BALT Entitle SPWAOEULT Entitled SPWAOEULD Bench BEFP Church KHUFP Effect FEKT Affect FAEKT Furnish FURN Photo FOET Picture PIR Furniture FURNT Branch BRAFP Figure FEUG Detail DAOET Retail RAOET Feature FAOEFP Movie MAOEF

MEDICAL TERMS

Hiding in plain sight . . .If they work in the medical charts, they can work for you, too!

USING ABBREVIATIONS KR-F curriculum vitae KR*F CV R-N registered nurse SOB: short of breath SNOB: shortness of breath ROM: range of motion

ET: endotracheal tube MG: milligram MM: millimeter KR-M: centimeter VO: voice order T*O: telephone order WNL: within normal limits LAD: left anterior descending LART: left anterior descending artery

FOLLOW A THEME KRAT: coronary artery PRIK: paramedic RAERT: artery KLIK: clinic KRAD: coronary artery disease TP-L: physical KRAERT: catheter THR-PT: therapist

MAOM: emergency room FLAIRPT physical therapist PRAOM: operating room S-RG: surgery RAOFRM: recovery room SURL: surgical

BLUFL: blood flow SAOURG: surgeon BLEFL: blood vessel PRIF: postoperative BRAOEM or BLAOEM: bloodstream PR*IF: operative BLAOP or B-P: blood pressure NOEM: nursing home PRERB: pressure HARK: heart attack OJ: oxygen HAIK: headache KHAIN: chest pain SOJ(S) oxygen saturation(s) AEBT: antibiotic PLIFM: pulmonary embolism AEFM: anti-inflammatory AEPD: antidepressant AENT: anti

MORE THEMES(BEGINNING OF WORD - END OF WORD)

DLUR: disclosure FLUR: foreclosure KLUR: enclosure KL*UR: closure

RELT: red light GRAOELT: green light HELT: headlight STRAOELT: streetlight HAOEULT: highlight LDZ: Lake Shore Drive (making sure you’re paying

attention) F-PT: fingerprint FAO-PT: footprint H-RG: handwriting H-RN: handwritten

MORE THEMES(BEGINNING OF WORD - END OF WORD)

too late: TAO-LT too old: TAO-LD to do TAOD

Contract: K-RT Subcontract: SK-RT General contract: J-RT Contractor: KERT Subcontractor: SKERT General contractor: JERT Independent contractor: KRIRT Supreme Court: SPRAOEKT Circuit Court: SKOURT

TUCK- REVERSE - SQUEEZE

SKIRL/circle SKAOEUL/cycle BLUB/bulbFLIM/film BLUK/bulk FLOEKS/folksFOEKS/focus GRAPS/grasp

Tuck the "r” (you have two of them!) KPURT computer TRAIRL trailer TRAER temporarySMAURL smaller LAERJ larger FROERM formerDRERKT director LAERT later DAOEURP diaperCLAERN cleaner RAEURP repair BOURPBD boundaryBERT better LIRT literature MOERT motorPRARMT parameter PRIRMT perimeter ROER errorTHAOERT theatre WRORK worker MOERND modernMAERT matter MOERT motor MAOERT meterSOEFR so far SURM summary SURMZ summarize

MORE TUCKS…..

Tuck the final “N” into the left side of the keyboard

BAENT beaten TAOEUNT tighten

SHORNT shorten GONT gotten

Tuck “E”/Drop “E”

PLAENT planet SRAENT event

SENGS essential SAENGS essentially

MORE TUCKS…… (WILL THEY EVER END?)

Tuck the “L”

LAIT late LAILT lately

KPLAET complete KPLAELT completely

LARL lateral LAERL laterally

LAOEULT lightly GRAILT greatly

SLULT absolutely MILD middle

TOELT total PRAOEURL primarily

BAIFL basically STAILT stately

HERE A TUCK, THERE A TUCK, EVERYWHERE A TUCK, TUCK……

Tucking the “G”

KAIGT – indicating KAEGT – (indicating)

PUGT – putting FAOEUNGD – finding PLAEGD - pleading

STARGT – starting HEDG – heading BORDG – boarding

SORGT – sorting SPAOEGD – speeding FIGT – fitting

SPLOEGD – exploding

A TUCK? NOT REALLY. JUST A GOOD IDEA

Drop the “B” on these “ing” words:

PARBG – park PARG – parkingTAUBG – talk TAUG – talkingWAUBG – walk WAUG – walkingMARBG – mark MARG – markingBARBG – bark BARG – barking

And so on …

ARE YOU TUCKING TIRED OF THESE TUCKS YET?TUCKING THE “Y” – THINK “LONG E”

DLIFR - deliver DLAIFR – delivery

SKOFR – discover SKOEFR – discovery

PERNL – personal PAERNL – personally

SENGS – essential SAENGS – essentially

POERBL – potential PAOERBL – potentially

MOF – move MAOEF – movie

OR…SOMETIMES YOU CAN ELIMINATE THE “Y” ENDING BY DROPPING THE VOWEL:

GILT – guilt G-LT – guilty

HELT – health H-LT – healthy

WELT – wealth W-LT - wealthy

TUL – actual T-L - actually

… AND SQUEEZES- tic/-istic/-astic endings -ism/-asm endings

PLAFK plastic SPAFM spasmSPAFK spastic KUFM custom

MEK/NIFM mechanism DRAFK drastic OPT/MIFK optimisticSTIFK statisticLO/JIFK(S) logistic(s) -sk/sc/icKRIFK characteristic DEFK desk

DIFK diskBAIFK basicKLAFK classic

FINAL “F” – WHAT A CHAMELEON!Using –F for S; start simple:PAS – pass PAFT – past PAFD – passed

“SK” Words:DEFK – desk DIFK – disk PLAFK - plasticDRAFK – drastic BAIFK – basic KLAFK – classicBLIFK – ballistic

Specialty endings IFTSAOEUK/TRIFT – psychiatrist

KARMA, KARMA KARMA CHAMELEON!

The “F” with past tense:BAIFD – based CHAIFD – chased FAIFD – faced

TRAIFD – traced DAOEFL – deisel BLEFG – blessing

SAOUFD – suicide

“ste” words:PAIFT – paste BAIFT – baste CHAIFT – chaste

HAIFT – haste KWEFT – quest LAOEFT – least

(of course, BAIF-D, KHAIF-D, LEAF-D, and the “real” word gets an asterisk.)

If you dare, try: PROEFS – process. It works, and you’ll love it!

THE SECRET POWER OF “OF”all of L-F

all of the L-FTlot of LO-Flot of the LO-FTgroup of GROUFsome of SM-Fsome of the SM-FTproud of PROUFbit of BIFa little bit of BLIF kind of KAOEUFout of OUFout of theOUFTbecause of BAUF

one of WUFone of the WUFTtype of TAOEUFtype of the TAOEUFTmost of MOEF both of BOEF point of POIFfriend of FREFspite of SPAOEUFafraid of TPRAEUFsort of SOFRstate of STAEUF piece of PAOEF

THE SECRET POWER OF “OF”PART DUEX

X-ray of KPRAEUFaware of WAEUFRcomplain of KPLAEUF complaint of KPLAEUFTmore of MOFR because of BAUF front of FROFthought of THOFpart of PAFRahead of HAEFthereof THR-Fin and out of NOUFin and out of the NOUFTof course -FK

CONFLICTS – NOT NECESSARILY THE ENEMY

SELDOM USED VS. FREQUENTLY USED WORDS

TOT: to the T*OT: tot

LOUD allowed LO*UD: loud

MAEL: meal MAOEL: email

BRAID: barricade BRA*ID: braid

GRAIL: guardrail GRA*IL: grail (as in Holy!)

LIP/L*IP leadership/lip – RIP/R*IP relationship/rip –

PIP/P*IP partnership – GIP/G*IP guardianship/gip

ASK ME MY STORY ABOUT “CONVICTION”

Yes, you have to show up for this …

(Hey, we have to hold SOMETHING back!)

TURN YOUR PHRASES INTO CONTRACTIONS WITH THE ASTERISK

you will UL you'll *ULyou would ULD you'd *ULDyou have had UFD you've had U*FDyou have UF you've *UFhe would ELD he'd * ELDshe would SHELD she’d SH*ELDshe had SHED she’d SH*EDwe had WED we’d W*EDwe have had WEFD we’ve had WE*FD

MORE CONTRACTIONS…..

I have had IFD I've had *IFD they have had THEFD they’ve had TH*EFD they have gone THEFG they’ve gone TH*EFG I would ILD I’d *ILD (as in I would) I’d *ID (as in I had) I would say ILDZ I’d say *ILDS they will THEL they’ll TH*EL

Try to tackle the everyday conversational words that will ALWAYS put you behind!SKAOUM: excuse me TU: thank you - GD: go ahead GORNG: good morning GAFRN: good afternoon GENG: good evening SOEURM: I'm sorry GAONS: goodness

GLUK: good luckLEM (T) : let me (tell)LEM(S): let me sayLEUMT: let me tell youUJ: you know*UJ: ,you know,YUM: you know what I meanYUMS: you know what I’m saying

Q&A EXTENSIONSQ. Now, STKPWHROUQ. Well, STKPWHR-LQ. Doctor, STKPWHR-DQ. Sir, STKPWHR-SQ. Now, Doctor, STKPWHROUDQ. Now, sir STKPWHROUSQ. Sergeant, STKPWHR-GTQ. Lieutenant, STKPWHR-LTQ. Captain, STKPWHR-PTQ. All right. STKPWHR-RTQ. All right, sir STKPWHR-RTSQ. Okay. STKPWHROBGQ. Fine STKPWHR-FQ. Sure. STKPWHR-RBQ. Right STKPWHR-RQ. I see. STKPWHR-EUZQ. I understand STKPWHR-EUPBD

A. Well, W-FRPBLGTSA. Sir, S-FRPBLGTSA. All right.`HR-FRPBLGTSA. Okay. K-FRPBLGTSA. Fine TP-FRPBLGTSA. Right. R-FRPBLGTSA. Sure. SH-FRPBLGTSA. Correct KR-FRPBLGTSA. (Pause ) P-FRPBLGTSA. Yes Y-FRPBLGTSA. Yes, sir. YE-FRPBLGTSA. Yes, ma’am. YA-FRPBLGTSA. Yes, I do. YOI-FRPBLGTSA. Yes, I did. YI-FRPBLGTSA. No. NO-FRPBLGTSA. No, sir. NOE-FRPBLGTSA. No, ma’am. NAO-FRPBLGTSA. No, I don’t. NOI-FRPBLGTSA. No, I didn’t NI-FRPBLGTSA. Yeah YAE-FRPBLGTSA. Uh-uh UFRPBLGTSA. Uh-huh H-UFRPBLGTS

A FEW OF MY LATEST AND GREATEST

Willful and wanton: FLAN Interrogatories: TROGS Answers to interrogatories: TRAGS Asked and answered: SKAEND Motion for summary judgment: MOIJ Summary judgment: SURJ If you write IMT immaterial, IKT incompetent, IRT irrelevant, you can use IM

for I am, IK – I can, IR – I remember. MOIL(S) motion(s) in limine KRAP: custom and practice STURP: Is it your opinion

SOME GOOD CHICAGO BRIEFS …

Rear view mirror R-FM

Side view mirror S-FM

Mirror MIR

Fire alarm FLARM

Firearm FAOEURM

Police officer PLIFR

Chicago police officer CHIFR

Fire department FAOEURPT

Chicago fire department CHAOEURPT

Handcuff HUF

Arrest AR

Custody KUD

Confess KEFS

Confuse K-FS

Detect DEKT

Detective D-KT

General order JOERD

Offender FOERND

A FEW WORDS THAT COME UP ALL THE TIME (AND WE’RE STILL WRITING THEM OUT, AREN’T WE?) The accident either happened

at, near, in, they were going to, thinking about going, had just eaten at, or were in the drive-through

McDonald’s MAKDZ

Medicaid MAIKD

Medicare MAIRK

Washington, DC WAURBDZ

How are you writing Illinois? I’ve been through IL/IL, IL/NOI.

Try LOI. It’s taken me a while, but I like it. So then you could use KHOIL for Chicago, Illinois, to avoid the KHIL (chill) conflict

REALTIME AND SPEED WRITING CAN BE ONE AND THE SAME (DIFFERENT REASON AND DIFFERENT OUTCOME)

When you write shorter for realtime, shorter, cleaner writing will result in faster writing!

CONSTANTLY WORKING ON IT – IT’S AN EVOLVING PROCESS THAT CAN BE FUN!

SO YOU THINK YOU’RE TOO OLD TO CHANGE YOUR WRITING?

Donna -Is this what you call your new briefs? Anyway, now you have me started. I took a committee meeting the other day and came up with the following:

TR = treasurerTR-R = treasurer's reportKPH-T = committee

I always wrote "director" in two strokes, TKREUBGT/-TOR now, TKR-R

You have me thinking about my writing now -- 16 years after I stopped reporting.

Ernie

And the Light Bulb Continues to Burn Bright!

Hi, Donna,

And the beat goes on -- and the fun!

I took a KMT meeting all about the new security systems the Association is investigatingand came up with:

SKROL = access controlSKROLS = access control systemSKROLSZ = access control systems

(SKROEL, the way I write scroll)

TP-P = fingerprint + -G, -S & -D

You are absolutely right about your first slide being THINK. That's the natural place to start,and that's all it takes to get started. And, using a root word makes it so easy to remember the add-ons.

Ernie

IF AN 80-YEAR-OLD RETIRED COURT REPORTER CAN HOP ON THE “WRITING SHORT” BUS, SURELY YOU CAN, TOO!