Silent and double letters
Another way to cut down on letters is to remove silent and double letters. Although Teeline is spelling based there’s seldom use in writing letters that can’t be heard. There are two main ways that this happens.
The first is double letters. Plenty of words have two of the same letter next to each other (dollar, lettuce, cobbler, dwell, etc.). When translating such words to their Teeline equivalents, having one is enough.
dollar → dlr
lettuce → ltc
cobbler → cblr
dwell → dwl
In a similar vein, silent letters should also be cut.
bone → bn
The same applies to groupings of silent letters. For example, the word ‘right’ can afford to lose the ‘g’ and the ‘h’ and be just as understandable. Put all these little savings together and they can really add up: ‘Th dbl dcr bs trnd rt at th trfc lts’.