I forgot my shorthand / myLot

Malaysia

March 21, 2011 2:53pm CST

I learned it in my secretarial course in 2000. But now I only remember some of the vowels and strokes. And I can't make them in a simple word. My boss asked me to be his secretary but I want to inform him about my lack in shorthand. Can I do so?

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8 responses

Kalyni2011

@Kalyni2011 (3496)

• India

26 Mar 11

I am not surprised friend, because if you were inactive, you forgot, just ask some body to dictate and you write in short-hand, you can regain and improve speed too Well you can tell your boss and assure about your ability to revive soon thanks for sharing have a great weekend cheers best of luck kalyani

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dilrajj57

@dilrajj57 (1757)

• Pakistan

30 Jan 12

hi friend Kalyni2011, you knowing about shorthand, how much you knowing about shorthand?

mamaleone

@mamaleone (59)

• Hungary

24 Mar 11

Hi, Yes, do. He may tell you will not have to use your shorthand too often. In case it will be required regularly you can agree on a date until which you can get back into practice. In one way or another, your honesty will surely pay off.

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dilrajj57

@dilrajj57 (1757)

• Pakistan

30 Jan 12

yes friend, must practice regularly.

dorannmwin

@dorannmwin (36392)

• United States

24 Mar 11

Believe it or not, shorthand is really becoming a lost art. There are very few people that don't know shorthand so your boss might not be surprised by this fact. What is much more common to be able to do these days is to be able to transcribe. I would imagine that if you told your boss that you forgot shorthand he would be willing to work things out so that you could transcribe directly into wordprocessing and it really would save time in the long run.

wongchoiyee

@wongchoiyee (7413)

• Malaysia

24 Mar 11

I think so too. Nevertheless, it was my responsibility also to have a shorthand skill. Anyway, I will try to talk to my boss so that he can know better of my ability. Thanks for your comment.

yspmyl

@yspmyl (3435)

• Malaysia

22 Mar 11

I think if you have learn before, you can just refresh and practice it again and you will catch up easily. So, you can start to practice it or take a refresh course one more time and I believe you will be able to catch up very fast.

@wongchoiyee (7413)

• Malaysia

24 Mar 11

Yes I am going to buy a shorthand dictionary to check any words that I want to know.

syoti20

@syoti20 (5292)

• Philippines

22 Mar 11

If you believe you can work it out in the long run. Why not grab. But if you feel confident and accepted you most if you will confess that you are shorthanded then do so. Goodluck to your decision.

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dilrajj57

@dilrajj57 (1757)

• Pakistan

30 Jan 12

hi friend, you given detail about your shorthand, that you learned in 2000, now after 11 years you said that you forgot shorthand, its mean that you not touch shorthand in these 11 years? but you try to practice for a week hope you will again able to know shorthand.

@lilaclady (28207)

• Australia

21 Mar 11

I didn't think they still taught this, I haven't heard of anyone using it here in Australia for years, maybe they so but I just haven't heard about it...I thought things were more into a microphone and then typed on a computer...

@Janey1966 (24170)

• Carlisle, England

22 Mar 11

I do sympathise. If anyone asked me to take shorthand I'd do this

as I wouldn't have a clue to what I'm doing. Having said that, there was a guy who took dictation extremely fast and even shorthand wouldn't cover it, so I used a combination of shorter words along with the shorthand itself, in order to get it all down. Can you shorten words instead of using shorthand, do you think?