STER LOOP

A large loop represents the sound of Ster at the end of an outline. There is no vowel between the S and T, and no vowel after the Ster sound. The vowel is an indeterminate slurred sound (the schwa). It is written two-thirds the length of the stroke and fatter than the Stee Loop. A second or third place vowel is written outside the loop, but still in their normal position relative to the stroke:
 

pester boaster tester duster caster/castor

Chester register faster vaster

master semester minister ancestor

lustre roster waster twister

Add Circle S by continuing on the other side. There is no vowel between the Ster and the S:
 

posters boasters toasters dusters Chester’s

rosters registers wasters twisters

masters semesters ministers investors ancestors

Stroke Ing only joins well after Chay or Jay, all others use Dot Ing:
 

registering pestering fostering mastering administering bolstering

Ster Loop can used in the middle of the outline in a few derivatives:
 

masterpiece fosterer upholsterer

Some other derivatives need to change the outline, using rules that are introduced in later Lessons.

Ster Loop is not used if a vowel follows, or there is a vowel between the S and T:
 

history monastery repository visitor

It is not used if there is clear vowel between the ST and R sounds:
 

restore bookstore posture pasture

It is not used on its own, or at the beginning of an outline:
 

star stir sterling/Stirling sterile storm sturdy

Phrase

This phrase omits the T, to enable the join:

last month

Short Form Derivative

youngster

SUMMARY

• Ster Loop is two-thirds the length of the stroke and fatter than the Stee Loop

• Ster Loop has an indeterminate vowel

• No vowel sound between the S and T

• Add Circle S by continuing on the other side

• Use Dot Ing/Dash Ings after

• Not used if there is a clear vowel

• Not used if a final vowel follows

EXTRA VOCABULARY
 

pastor baster buster booster Webster

lobster alabaster filibuster toaster detester roadster

speedster coaster forecaster newscaster huckster

bagster Doncaster Manchester Rochester Chichester

suggester adjuster* fester harvester

* There is no D sound in this word

Lester/Leicester Ulster holster arrester assister

burster moister mister muster hamster remaster

nester cannister bannister sinister Minster

songster gangster raster roister rooster barrister

chorister forester Forster shyster Hester Wooster/Worcester*

* This is one of the only two outlines that ignore the R in the spelling (the other is "worsted" Lesson 19 Extra Vocab)

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