21 Briefs, wildcard vowel, not contractions, and phrasing

21.1 -ing briefs

Many words ending in -ing have strokes with the -G “folded in,” for example, petting as PEGT. For some common words, it is not possible to fold in the -G, usually when the work ends in a k sound. Instead, the ending parts of the word are dropped and the -G added. See the table for examples.

ing briefs

Word	Stroke	With ing	Stroke
accord	K-D	according	K-GD
act	ABGT	acting	A*G
add	AD	adding	AGD
ask	SK	asking	SK-G
be	PW	being	PW-G
break	PWRAEBG	breaking	PWRAEG
		bring	PWREU
build	PWEULD	building	PW-LG
check	KHEBG	checking	KHEG
consider	KR	considering	KR-G
continue	T-PB	continuing	T-PBG
cook	KAOBG	cooking	KAOG
do	TKO	doing	TK*G, TKAOG
drink	TKREUPBG	drinking	TKREUG
		during	TKURG
examine	KP	examining	KP-G
include	KHRU	including	KHRUG
interest	TR	interesting	TR-G
look	HRAOBG	looking	HRAOG
make	PHAEUBG	making	PHAEUG
manufacture	PH-F	manufacturing	PH-FG
measure	PH*ERB	measuring	PH-RBG
		nothing	TPHOG
persist	PAOFT	persisting	PAOG
regard	RARD	regarding	RARGD
remember	RER	remembering	RERG
take	TAEUBG	taking	TAEUG
think	THEU	thinking	THEUG
track	TRABG	tracking	TRAG
walk	WAUBG	walking	WAUG
win	WEUPB	winning	W-G
work	WORBG	working	WOG
write	WREU	writing	WREUG

21.2 The OEU wildcard

The OEU combination can be used as a “wildcard” to replace other sounds in a stroke. The oi sound is uncommon and so the strokes with OEU will not conflict with others. The OEU combination appears to be used most frequently for words ending in -y.

OEU words

Word	Stroke	Note
auto	OEUT
beta	PWOEUT
bicycle	PWOEUBG
China	KHOEUPB
copy	KOEUP
county	KOEUPBT
cycle	SOEUBG
deny	TKOEUPB
dirty	TKOEURT
focus	TPOEUBGS
glory	TKPWHROEUR
greedy	TKPWROEUD
healthy	HOEUFLT
heavy	HOEUF
hero	HOEUR
history	HOEUFRT
loyal	HROEUL
lucky	HROEUBG
major	PHOEUPBLG
memory	PHOEURPL
mystery	PHOEUFRT
radio	ROEUD
recycle	ROEUBG
shiny	SHOEUPB
statue	STOEUT
steno	STOEUPB
study	STOEU
superior	SPOEUR
survey	SOEUFR
theory	THOEUR
tiny	TOEUPB
William	WOEUPL
window	WOEUPBD

21.3 -side briefs

The -side ending words use a -DZ as part of the stroke.

-side briefs

Word	Stroke	Note
backside	PWABGDZ
downside	TKOUDZ
inside	TPH-DZ
left-hand side	HR-PBDZ
left side	HR-DZ
other side	O*ERDZ
outside	OUDZ
right-hand side	R-PBDZ
subside	SUBDZ
that side	THADZ
this side	TH-DZ
topside	TOPDZ
upside	UPDZ
what side	WHADZ
which side	KH-DZ

21.4 The as x as phrases

The as x as are written using strokes with S- and -S or -Z and the x as the word in the middle. For example, as long as is written with SHROPBGS.

as x as

	Stroke	Note
as bad as	SPWADZ
as best as	SPWEFTS
as big as	SPWEUGS
as broad as	SPWRAODZ
as close as	SKHROES
as far as	STPARS
as fast as	STPAFTS
as free as	STPRAOES
as fresh as	STPRERBS
as good as	STKPWAODZ
as hard as	SHA*RDZ	SHARDS would write shards
as high as	SHAO*EUS
as large as	SHRARPBLGS
as long as	SHROPBGS
as low as	SHRO*ES	SHROES would write slows
as mad as	SPHADZ
as many as	SPHAEPBS
as much as	SPHUFPS
as near as	STPHAO*ERS	STPHAOERS would write sneers
as odd as	SO*DZ	SODZ would write sod
as quick as	SKW*EULGS	note that as quickly as has the stroke without the \(*\)
as quickly as	SKWEULGS
as small as	SPHAULS
as soon as	SAOPBS
as strong as	STROPBGS
as well as	SW-LS

21.5 Contractions

21.5.1 not contractions

Plover has briefs for phrases involving * not and the contraction *n't. For contractions, the brief usually ends in PBT, for example didn't as TK-PBT . The full forms use PBLT as the ending.

not contractions

Full	Stroke	Contraction	Stroke
cannot	KAPBLT	can’t	K-PBT
could not	KOPBLT	couldn’t	KOPBT
did not	TK-PBLT	didn’t	TK-PBT
does not		doesn’t	TKOPBT
do not	TKPHOT	don’t	TKOEPBT
has not	HAPBLT	hasn’t	HAFPBT
have not	SR-PBLT	haven’t	SR-PBT
is not	S-PBLT	isn’t	S-PBT
must not		mustn’t	PHUFPBT
should not	SH-PBLT	shouldn’t	SH-PBT
was not		wasn’t	WAEPBT
were not	WR-PBLT	weren’t	WR-PBT
would not	WOPBLT	wouldn’t	WOPBT

While slower and requiring a second stroke, it is possible to add n't to any word by using *PBT . For example, RAT/*PBT will create ratn't, similar to how AEU is used to add 's to the last word.

21.5.2 'd and 'll contractions

To add 'd or 'll to any word, use the *D and -L respectively. Briefs exist for pronoun + 'd and + 'll .

21.5.3 Table of Pronoun Contractions

Plover’s contractions are not the most consistent. While most pronoun + contractions use the \(*\) key, some do not, such as some I and we combinations. There are more consistent phrasing systems for use with Plover, such as Jade’s Phrasing and Waleed Khan.

	'd	'll	're	’s	’ve
he	AOED	*EL		HAO*ES
how	HOUD		HOU/*R	HO*US
I	AOEUD	AOEUL			AO*EUF
it	T*D	T*L		T*S
she	SHAO*ED	SHAO*EL		SHAO*ES
that	THA*D	THA*L		THA*S	THA*F
there	THR*D	THR*L		THR*S	THR*F
they	THA*EUD	THA*EUL	THA*EUR		THA*EUF
this		TH*L
we	WAOED	WAO*EL	WAO*ER		W*EF, WAOEF
what	WHA*D	WHA*L		WHA*S	WHA*F
when	WH*D	WH*L		WH*S	WH*F
where	WH*D	WR*L		WR*S	WR*F
who	WHO*D	WHO*L		WHO*S	WHO*F
why	KWR*D
you	*UD	KWRAO*UL	KWRAO*UR , UR		KWRAO*UF , UF

21.6 Summary

• Learn briefs for common -ing words

• Learn how to use the OEU as a wildcard in common words

• Learn briefs ending in -side

• Learn as x as, contraction, and pronoun + contraction phrases