Tuesday, 2 April 2013

Telegrams - terse messages with similarity to Micro-Stories (02 April 2013)

Orville Wright telegram

176 C KA C3 33 Paid.      via Norfolk Va
Kitty Hawk N C Dec 17
Bishop M Wright

7 Hawthorne St

Success four flights thursday morning all against twenty one mile
wind started from Level with engine power alone average speed
through air thirty one miles longest 57 seconds inform Press
home Christmas.                          Orevelle Wright            525P      

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describes a clipped way of writing that attempts to abbreviate words and pack as much information into the shortest possible number of words and or characters.
On telegrams, space was at a premium—economically speaking—and abbreviations were used as a matter of necessity

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Write a Telegram in not more than 25 words.

MISSED TRAIN STOP REACHING THIRTEENTH BY IA 302
DELHI-MUM-DEL

http://wps.pearsoned.com/wps/media/objects/6524/6681325/Telegram%20writing.pdf
Use minimum number of words while writing the address and the message.
• Payment is made as per the number of words used in the telegram. Sender’s
name and address is not paid for.
• Only capital letters are to be used except in the column ‘Not to be
telegraphed’.
• Punctuation marks are not to be used. Write ‘Stop’ where a full stop has to be used.
• Avoid using words like ‘Mr’ or ‘Shri’.
• Write the message briefly. Do not worry about grammatical errors.
• In the space marked ‘Senders name’ you should write the name in one word.
In case of an official telegram, the designation of the sender and the name of
the company should be given.
• Numerals are not used in the telegram. For 10 pm, you should write Ten Night.
• No column should be left blank.
• Only the actual message and the sender’s name are counted in the word limit.
• One mark is deducted if the student fails to copy the proper layout.

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http://targetstudy.com/languages/english/telegram-writing.html

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