This section is from the book "The Compendium Of Tachygraphy: Or Lindsley's Phonetic Shorthand", by D. P. Lindsley. Also available from Amazon: Lindsley's Phonetic Shorthand.
Pronounce each word slowly, and mark the sounds accurately. Omit all silent letters. Very few double letters occur in spoken English. Such words as attain, attack, etc., contain but one t; adding, bidding, etc., but one d; begging, dragging, etc., but one g; appeal, append, etc., but one p, and to on, through all words of this class.
A few words, such as wholly, fully, and some others, have both letters sounded, and, of course, in these cases, both letters must be written in Tachygraphy.
 
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