Nancy,

NB>Abbreviating when taking notes, or writing in a small space, does make
NB>sense, as long as one remembers what one means by the shortened form...
NB>I have some that are fairly standard for me... 

  I usually do like the meteorologists/forecasters do...write without
the vowels. With weather terms, I can go even shorter. 

NB>No wonder the penmanship exercises were so frustrating to you, then...
NB>some things do need some repetition to stick...  

  I nearly flunked handwriting in first grade.

Daryl

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