The Gregg Group was founded 22 May 2004, prompted by the lack of online shorthand resources. As the primary use for shorthand — business and legal recording — has waned in recent decades, we generally acclaim the skill as a hobby or personal tool. The purpose of the group is to promote the use of Gregg systems of shorthand by providing advice to beginners, support for students, and an association of users of this efficient, attractive, and enjoyable method of writing.
I’m currently learning pre-anniversary Gregg, and I’m using Graded Readings as some extra reading practice. I mostly just want to know if the words I’m having trouble with are because of language shift over the years or if I need to practice them. I know there’s a key for the anniversary Graded Readings, but is…
This might be a common question, but is there a general rule for when I’m supposed to make my E’s and A’s clockwise vs counterclockwise? Every time I feel like I’m starting to understand, it turns out I did it the wrong way.
I should like to know, if possible, where I can find the answer key for Word and Sentence Drills (pre-Anniversary).
This famous poem by Edgar Allan Poe is here transcribed by yours truly in Centennial Gregg. Attachment: annabel-lee.pdf
On June 14, 1777, the Second Continental Congress adopted a resolution stating that the official American Flag should have thirteen stripes, alternating between red and white, thirteen stars, to represent the states in the union, and a blue field to represent this new constellation. June 14 officially became National Flag Day in 1949. On Flag…
The following are excerpts from an address delivered on August 31, 1837 to the Phi Beta Kappa Society at Cambridge by Ralph Waldo Emerson and transcribed by me it in Simplified Gregg. Phi Beta Kappa’s literary quarterly magazine, The American Scholar, was named after the speech. Attachment: from-the-american-scholar.pdf
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Does switching systems (for example im learning notehand right now) just involve learning new symbols and adding them to my arsenal, or does it involve completely relearning the whole thing and back to new basics? And can I slowly transition?
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I’ve long had an interest in shorthand, because it seemed like a magical power to write quickly in (to other people) gibberish squiggles. But nothing ever came of it (because I’ve long had interests in dozens of other things). Hopefully, I can learn it now. I’m starting the Functional manual for Anniversary (from archive.org). I…