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.
Hi, I’m wondering if anyone can either explain the rule or where in the ‘theory’ or texts we might get the distinction between two words (if there is indeed an accounting for this in the texts): confident (k-f-den-t) — where the ‘f’ is joined to the ‘k’ & constant (k-s-ten/den-t) — where the ‘s’ is…
After a couple of months retraining myself to use the writing line, here is my second attempt at the opening poem of “Alice in Wonderland” for your comment and critique. This time, I focused on penmanship and punctuation, and wrote slowly. Please forgive the sub-par photography — I am experimenting with various ways of capturing…
My spouse has been jealous that I’m learning shorthand, and has been interested for some months in learning a shorthand system appropriate for German. Germany does everything officially, so there is an official German pen steno system, the Deutsche Einheitskurzschrift, with three difficulty levels, that is still in active use today. It is required learning for…
This humorous story appeared in several newspapers in the early 20th century. I transcribed it in Centennial Gregg. Attachment: a-wrestle-with-ointments.pdf
It is human nature to take time for granted, and we do not stop to think how we can use it more efficiently. This selection written in Anniversary Gregg by me delves into this important topic. Attachment: the-value-of-time.pdf
A thoughtful essay on the various uses of our hands, here transcribed in Simplified Gregg by yours truly. Attachment: the-uses-of-the-hand.pdf
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Besieged by Bears (1909) was serialized in the Gregg Writer in Anniversary shorthand in January and February 1935. This story appeared in Wildlife on the Rockies (1909) by Enos A. Mills: https://archive.org/details/wildlifeonrockie00mill/page/n10 Here is a link to the story: BesiegedByBears
UPDATE: Edited cheatsheet 10/03/19. Changes: Fixed typos/errors, entered missing entries, clarified/made more concise some rules, re-alphabetized some entries that were clumped together. A few weeks ago I compiled a cheatsheet of the Simplified abbreviation principles (as well as some alphabetic stuff that I was having trouble remembering). My copy of the 2nd edition Simplified Manual…
Today I uploaded a new color scan of the second version of Letters From a Self-Made Merchant To His Son in Gregg Shorthand. This version was first published in December 1918 with shorthand plates by Georgie Gregg. It matches the 1916 Pre-Anniversary Gregg Shorthand Manual. This book has 120 pages with only 87 pages of…