sp3dl3t v0.2
. q5t g1d
Overview:
sd3dl3t is a typed shorthand style. It's not a method that demands you learn any phonetic chords or apply a new keyboard layout. sp3dl3t is adapted from normal IM/SMS/l33t. sp3dl3t uses a normal US qwerty keyboard and uses all the printing keys (alphas, nums, and punctuations).
The rules are simple and few:
1. All unshifted chars are sounds in English, except - and =.
One sound per char. One char per sound.
24 of the 26 alphabet letters keep (one of) the sound(s) you'd expect. c and q are different.
All numbers make vowel sounds, except when surrounded by space
Numbers surrounded by space are numbers
2. All shifted chars (plus - and =) are words.
Shifted letters are macros you assign.
Assign a macro by using the shifted letter at the beginning of the word it will replace.
Reassign a macro by reusing the same letter at the beginning of a different word.
Shifted numbers or punctuation have set meaning associated with the char, though the precise meaning depends on context.
3. Shorten everything as much as you can, but not so it's confusing.
Changes from v0.1
1. q and , swapped
2. 7 assigned to short u
3. shifted alphas assigned to user-generated macros
4. ^ reassigned
The keys
| sound |
sp3dl3t |
example |
|---|---|---|
| apple day bat chair dog elephant beer about, taken fish gray help icky ice jamison kelp link many never thing stop ocean hook scowl toy short pear rain soup sharp tummy weather with uncle ruby unisex violence whence mirage exit yoeman ziff |
a 4 b c d e 3 / f g h i 1 j k l m n , o 0 8 6 9 5 p r s q t ' . u 2 7 v w ; x y z |
apl d4 bat c4r dg, dog lefnt b3r /b6t, t4kn fq gr4 hlp ik3 1s j4m/sn klp lnk mn3 nvr ., stop oqn h8k sk6l t9 q5t p4r r4n s2p qrp tm3 we'r w. unkl r2b3 7nisx v1/lns wens m/ro: xit y0mn zf |
| currently unassigned: [ ] \ ` |
| sp3dl3t wrdz |
meaning |
|---|---|
| ~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) - _ = + | : " < > ? currently unassigned: { } |
about, aproximately emphasis, exclamation at, by, near, number money, dollar percent, meeting, conversation, face-to-face shift, alternate, alternately, on the other hand, although and kiss, smack open, introduce, start, begin close, end, stop minus, without, no, disagree, subtract, decrease, not ok underscore, emphasize, underline equal, result, balance, equivocate plus, with, yes, agree, add, increase, alright pipe, give, carry, feed, transmit, transport separate, gap, space (between) quote less, fewer, smaller more, greater, bigger question |
| ~@ ~@) ~# ~< ~> ~<$$ |
somewhere near somewhere near the end (of) about this many at least at most I don't know how much, but it wasn't cheap |
| macro assignment: 1 wz n Mnhatn .,k, ~ . m8v3 M |
I was in Manhattan thinking about the movie 'Manhattan.' |
