Word Chain, Once More With Feeling

[Tio_Narratore]

usherette

terrifying

 

[JWren]

terrifying

inglorious

 

[Tio_Narratore]

inglorious

usufruct

 

[QuietLibrarian]

inglorious

ousted

 

[JWren]

ousted

editorial

 

[Tio_Narratore]

editorial

algebraic

 

[JWren]

algebraic

icelandic

 

[Tio_Narratore]

icelandic

ichthyology

 

[JWren]

ichthyology

gyrate

 

[Tio_Narratore]

gyrate

Aterian

 

[QuietLibrarian]

Aterian

antebellum

 

[Tio_Narratore]

antebellum

lumbago

 

[QuietLibrarian]

lumbago

goldenrod

 

[Tio_Narratore]

goldenrod

odalisque

 

[QuietLibrarian]

odalisque

ue? thanks.

quesedilla

 

[Handley_Page]

ue? thanks.

quesedilla

Lancaster

 

[QuietLibrarian]

Lancaster

erudite

 

[Tio_Narratore]

ue? thanks.

quesedilla

Using three letters is fine, but if you are a purist about it (have you ever met ElfinOdalisque?), you could go with "uey," a slang term for a U-turn.

erudite

terse

 

[QuietLibrarian]

Using three letters is fine, but if you are a purist about it (have you ever met ElfinOdalisque?), you could go with "uey," a slang term for a U-turn.



terse

Usually won't let you post fewer than 5 letters ... uey? Really? Ima start posting txtspk soon: lmao, roflmao...

seminary

(Goodness, now it's the Brothers and Fathers...)

 

[Tio_Narratore]

Usually won't let you post fewer than 5 letters ... uey? Really? Ima start posting txtspk soon: lmao, roflmao...

seminary

(Goodness, now it's the Brothers and Fathers...)

arytenoid


(you can solve the 5 character minimum with an ellipsis or a comment. Txtspk? Nothing new. Back in the 60s there was a system of "speedwriting" as an alternative to traditional syllabic shorthand. The company offering training advertised:

"If u cn rd ths, u cn gt a gd jb & hi py." )

 

[QuietLibrarian]

arytenoid


(you can solve the 5 character minimum with an ellipsis or a comment. Txtspk? Nothing new. Back in the 60s there was a system of "speedwriting" as an alternative to traditional syllabic shorthand. The company offering training advertised:

"If u cn rd ths, u cn gt a gd jb & hi py." )

idealistic

I'd apply but I'd go crazy in the first week!

 

[Tio_Narratore]

idealistic

I'd apply but I'd go crazy in the first week!

ichneumon


I'd aply 2, bt I'd go crzy th 1st dy!

 

[QuietLibrarian]

ichneumon


I'd aply 2, bt I'd go crzy th 1st dy!

onomatopoeia

I'd get fired. I can type full words faster than I can type that!

 

[Tio_Narratore]

onomatopoeia

I'd get fired. I can type full words faster than I can type that!

iatrophobia


you get better with practice. It is, of course, similar to some very ancient written forms. Hebrew, among others, leaves out the vowels, as does 'speedwriting.'

 

[QuietLibrarian]

iatrophobia


you get better with practice. It is, of course, similar to some very ancient written forms. Hebrew, among others, leaves out the vowels, as does 'speedwriting.'

iambic

I took shorthand in high school. Barely passed. But it wasn't speedwriting. Pitman shorthand - It was like learning to write a completely new language. I hated it.