Both sides M

This lesson covers how you write the initial and final M sound on the steno layout.

Left side M

Left side M is made with the combination PH on the left side.

• PHA: ma
• PHAD: mad
• PHUD: mud
• PHEUL: mill
• PHAUL: mall
• PHELT: melt
• PHUL: mull

Right side M

Right side M is made with the combination -PL. This does conflict with words ending in "ple" like "apple" versus "am". However, the final M is much more common in English so in steno -PL defaults to final M.

• APL: am
• SOPL: some
• THEPL: them
• KOPL: come
• PHOPL: mom
• PHUPL: mum
• TOPL: Tom
• PHRUPL: plumb
• STORPL: storm
• PHAPL: ma'am
• TEPLT: tempt

Briefs

Chord	Translation	Notes
PH-PL	multiple	Think "M-PL"
PHE	me	Spelling instead of phonetics
PHEU	my	Spelling instead of phonetics
EPLT	empty	Think "em tee"
P-FR	perfect
HAP	happen
HEP	help	HEPL is "hem"
SEUPL	similar
SKHRAPL or TP-BG	{!}	The exclamation mark is written with "sklam". Alternatively, TP-BG can be used.
KW-PL	{?}	Alternative stroke for question mark. Some users prefer TP-BG and KW-PL as they can represent the intonation speakers use during a question or exclamation.

Practice

1. Translate

Write the English sentence represented by these outlines, including punctuation.

1. EU HR HED TO -T PH-BG TP-PL
2. U R P-FR TO PHE SKP EU HR PHEUS U TP-PL
3. WHA HAZ HAPD TO U PW-FR H-F
4. HE PHOBGS PHE AULS TP-PL
5. U SHO EPLT PHEU KAR PW-FR U TKO -T TREUP TP-PL
6. PHEU PHOPL S -T PWOPL SKHRAPL
7. HREF -T PWUS SKHRAPL

2. Find outlines

Find steno outlines that will write these English sentences, including punctuation.

1. He is about to help me with my car.
2. Stop the truck!
3. What did you think would happen, mom?
4. Help me out, would you?
5. Are you more similar to me or him?