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Mealtimes; researched as quoted by Perigrin Took: "What about elevenses? Luncheon? Afternoon tea? Dinner? Supper? He knows about them, doesn't he?"

Breakfast; (noun) Mid 15th century, the (verb) is recorded from 1670's. A thing to note is that words for breakfast tend to, over time, shift to meaning lunch, as in; Spainish "almuerzo" for "lunch" but formerly and still locally.  The Latin "admorsus"; the past prinicple of "admordere" meaning "to bite into". The French"dejeuner" originally "breakfast" but turns to "lunch". Both are from the Latin "disieiunare" for "to breakfast", German "fruhstich" is from Middle High German of "vruostucke"
literally meaning "early bit", whereas Old English had "morgenmete" meaning "the morning meal".

Brunch; 1896, British Student slang as a merger of breakfast and lunch.

Elvensies; (noun) 1860-65, Doubly plurised form of elven, perhaps as an ellipsis of elven hours. British meaning of "A light snack."

Luncheon; (noun) 1650, meaning "thick piece, hunk" of uncertain origin, perhaps northern English. By 1580's it is probably influenced by the Spainish "lonja" meaning "a slice", which could have been blended with "nuncheon", taken from "non" for "noon".

Lunch; (noun) 1786, "a midday repast", shortened from "luncheon." By 1706 "lunching" is spelt as "luncheon" commonly. Old English word "normate", meaning afternoon meal, literally noon-meat. (verb); meaning "to take lunch." Although in Webster's, the definition of lunch is "a large piece of food", this is in late 1817. "Out to lunch" used as slang for "being insane, stupid or clueless" was first recorded in 1955.

Nuncheon; (noun) mid 14th century, where the original meaning was a "slight refeshment" taken in the afternoon. Made up of "none" for noon and  "shench" meaning draught or cup in Old English, which is related to "sencan" meaning "to pour out".

Afternoon;(noun) C.1300, (After + Noon) 15.c - 16.c the form was "at afternoon", 16. c onwards it was "in the afternoon". However in mid 14.c Middle English has "aftermete", meaning "afternoon, part of the day following the noon meal".

Dinner; (noun) 1300, from Old French "disner" for, which originally started off as "breakfast" but at the time meant "to dine". The shift from midday to evening began with the fashionable classes. The use of "din-din", a childish version for dinner, came around 1905.

Supper; (noun), late 13.c,  meaning "the last meal of the day", Old French "super", meaning "to eat the evening meal", although is German in origin, a late meal, after dinner, which it is less formal than lunch.

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So very nearly there...

Since I couldn't possibly start and finish any properly explored topic during the amount of posts left, I'm going to carry on, in a fashion on the shorthand thing. Its all about translation, the re-reading of a particular word or phrase can be changed in its meaning depending on the time or place.

 

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Hi; American English, a greeting from 1862, originally used to attract attention, 15^th century, it is most likely believed to be a variation of middle English “hy”, which is also an exclamation to call attention. The extension to “hiya” is attested to 1940.
 

Salute; (noun) from 1400 century, “the act of saluting, a respectful gesture of greeting, salutation”. In the military sense, it is derived from 1690’s, more specifically the hadn to cap gesture is from 1832.Salutation; (noun) Old French, late 14^th century, meaning “greeting” from Latin “salutationem”, translated to “a greeting, saluting”. It is the present participle of “salutare”, “to greet” or “salute”. It is recorded from the 1530s, as a word of greeting.

Hail; (verb) “to call from a distance”, originally nautical, 1560’s. Also used as in “hail fellow well met” in 1580’s  as a familiar greeting.  Is also used as American English slang from 1850-1910 for “hell”.

Yo; first used as a greeting in 1859. Although the word is believed to be derived from a sailor’s or huntsman’s utterings from early 15^th century, In modern references, from WW2, as the word was often used when responding to roll calls.

Charm; (verb) as in “charmed” as a conversational reply to a greeting is attested by 1825.

Greeting; (noun) Old English, meaning: “salutation”. The first record of the use of “greeting card” is
1876.

Greet; (verb) Old English “gretan”meaning “to come in contact with”, both in the sense of attack and as welcome, along with to take hold of. Taken from West Germanic “grotjan”, Old Saxon “grotian, Old French, “Greta”, Old Dutch “Groeten”, Old High German “Gruosen”, German “Griiben”for “ to salute, or meet with.” Although It could originally be meant as “to resound”, “cause to speak”, due to the “Graetanan,” from Proto-Germanic, which is from the Old English “graetan” for “weep, or bewail”; “gher-“ meaning “to call out”. Greet can still mean “to cry”in Scottish and northern England, although most probably due to the possibility that “Graetan” could also the root of “regret”. 

Welcome; (noun) Old English, “wilcuma”, used as an kindly greeting, meaning “welcome guest”, which is literally to mean “one whose coming is in accord with another’s will”. As “willa” means pleasure, desire or choice”, and is combined with “cuma”, “guest”. It is recorded from 1530, “you’re welcome”, as a response to thank you is from 1907. The Welcome Mat is first recorded in 1951.

Dap; (noun) a fist-bump greeting. There are various origins of both the action and the meaning; In the U.S. it is popular in culture by 1972 and was accused as controversial when it was used in the Vietnam War when the solders used it, in an “act of black solidarity”. It is most likely an imitative as ‘dap’ was used in the 19^th century, for the bounce of a ball or the skip of a stone on water, although now it is listed as slang, 1950 for “aware, up to date” or “stylish, well-dressed”, the latter is elongated to “dapper.”

High-five; originally U.S. basketball slang in 1980 as a noun, then in 1981 as a verb, though the greet is actually perceived to be older, “the Producers”, Dick Shawn, 1968. As a reference to the five fingers of the hand.

Hello; from 1883 the alteration of “hallo”, which itself is taken from “holla”, as a shout to attract attention, seemingly going back to as far as we know to 1400. Old High German “halo, hola” meaning “to fetch”, used in hailing ferrymen namely. Fowler writes that “the multiplicity of forms is bewildering”. The greetings popularity overcame Bell’s suggestion of “ahoy” to answer the telephone due to coincidental timing. Central telephone exchange operators were known as “hello-girls”, 1889.

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Well the self taught shorthand is now offically over. After talking to a friend at my local library, she recommends keeping up the skill by taking at least an hour a week, where possible, at least, and practising. In whatever form you find best; picking random words, poems or paragraphs from a book or having something dictated to you, of copying down what someone says from a programme or film. Anything will do, so long as youre comfortable with your speed and ability to read it back, read: write neatly enough at those speeds. Heres a few sites I've managed to scrounge up that cover writing shorthand, hopefully theyll be of some use to you;
shorthand drills , dictation practice, speed building. 

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'nv',  the 'n' turns to slope, forming the first part of the 'v'.
                                                                                                   novel


'vn', the top of the 'v' is rounded out to turn into the beginning of the 'b'.
                                                                                                       given

'wn' and 'nw', which has the crook of the 'n' turned on it side and tucked into the 'w'.
                                                                                                 
                                                                                                       nowadays

own


If its followed by a 't' or a 'd', you have to straighten out the crook.
wind                                                                                                winter


special outlines:
november                                                                       advantage




avenue                                                                               newspaper

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'n' blends; if an 'n' follows a 't' is can be streamlined, that is it will be a 't' with a crook like that of an 'n' at the end. Although when using this you should be careful to make sure the curve still remains as it might be read as 'te', this can be used throughout an outline.
 

                                                                                      tent
written

                                                                                 tender

'dn' , in which the same rules apply,only it is written on the line.

                                                                                         hidden
identity
                           
                                                                                     dinner

'trn' and 'drn', which has the 'n' added to the aforementioned 'tn' and 'dn' blends. They can both be used in or at the end of a word, or as sstand alone.

turn                                                                                drain



 stranded                                                              modern



'rn', involves a streamlined version of a 'n' after an 'r', just like a 't' or 'd' streamline. Just ensure that the 'n' hook is curved but points down, not backwards.


parent                                                                                   burn

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using 'b' in blends;
'pb', a special form of "public", but can be used wherever 'pb' come together.
                                                                                                       pub-crawl

'mb' and 'bm', used for words which will take the outline way below the line, it allows the 'b' to be reduced to a large circle.
                                                                                             
                                                                                                     grumble

The 'b' circle must be distinguishable from an 's' or a 'z' circle, keep that in mind. Also if a 'b' circle is follwed by an 'l' it will follow the direction of the 'b' and as such will usually go upwards. The 'b' circle can also come into play if the 'b' occurs before an 'm'.                               
                                                                                                                                                   bumpy

'b' and others, if you can trust yourself not to confuse a 'b' circle with an 's', you can shorten alot of other words, by the book.

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Right this is the last area of information that was given to me as a self-study pack from my library;




Blending;
this covers the other other methods of blending some consonants, although in reality these arent necessary, they are nice to know and they do increase your writing speed. this are awkward to begin with, but after practising with them, after being assured of your confidence in reading and writing shorthand try them, they do help.

NTH blend; the 'n' sits in the t position, which allows for the 'h' to stand correctly, and the 't' is removed, it should be the height of a normal 'h'.
nth blend image

                                                                                                                           month



It is a reduced outline for "north"
in the                                                                                           in the north