REGINALD J. G. DUTTON


The inventor of Speedwords (Mote) was an Englishman named Reginald J.G. Dutton. He was born on November 8, 1886 in Nottingham, England. Reginald grew up in Skegness Lincolnshire. After leaving school, he helped his father in the family printing business.

As a teenager Reginald Dutton first attempted to learn shorthand. He thought that it would be of value him in his duties as a newspaper correspondent. He tried to learn the Pitman Shorthand method, but, found it difficult.

Dutton felt that there was a better way so he began the development of his own shorthand system. His new system took a year to complete. In 1916 Dutton published his work under the title "Shorthand in Three Days". After some minor improvements he settled on a final form by 1919.
He republished his work as "Dutton One Week Shorthand" and it was taught by his daughter as a correspondence course. The one week course consisted of 12 lessons.

During the next ten years, his system became know as "World Speedwords." Dutton's son eldest son was killed in action in December of 1942. During the following year his system was release to the public as an international language and shorthand method.

Dutton's system had an advantage over other systems. Dutton Speedwords offered a twin advantage in that if functioned both as a system of international communication and also an extremly fast method of taking shorthand notes. A skilled person could work at up to 120 words per minute. A skilled typist could do even better working at over 200 words per minute.

After completing his work Dutton spent the rest of his life promoting "World Speedwords", as a valuable tool that could promote world peace and understanding. In 1951, the last publishing of his dictionary occurred and his last book promoting his system was published in 1971.

Dutton served for several years as Counselor in Skegness, Lincolnshire. Later he was elected Chairman of the Finance and General Purposes Committee. He served in that position for a period of eight years.

Reginald J. G. Dutton died on June 22, 1970 in England. He was ahead of his time. Dutton's system is brilliant, and he received many comendations from famous people. Financial problems keep his system from receiving the exposure and promotion that it deserved. Regretably, Dutton did not live to see creation breathed back to life by the development of the internet. His World Speedwords is a perfect system for international email creation, and its use as an international auxilary language would be of tremendous value in promoting peace and understanding.