Rules for er and r- Beginner Questions
I’ve been looking through the 1916 manual, and I’m not really clear why the rules for expressing -er are the way they are, especially when it comes to word-signs. You can either use can disjoined r. Or you can use a joined r. Or you can use the reversing principle if the brief contains the…
The 1902 manual
I’ve recently been looking at the Rider university collection of shorthand stuff donated by Louis Leslie. Rather interesting that the collection has the 1902 manual. I thought that, out of all the preanniversary editions, the 1916 version is the most mature, or the 1888 edition would be there because of its historical significance. A question…
Assorted beginner questions
I’m new to Gregg pre-anniversary, and being a the sort of person who likes to try stuff out as soon as possible, I’m just trying to thing of ways of using Gregg as a beginner that is not too tiring, but keeps me using Gregg. I have a copy of the Gregg anniversary functional and plain manuals and am working through them, but they tend to like the “slow but steady” approach. I prefer “start using it from day one” approach.
The Tiger Who Would Be King
Another fable by James Thurber, written in Centennial Gregg by yours truly. Attachment: the-tiger-who-would-be-king.pdf
On Abraham Lincoln
This selection was taken from an address delivered before a joint session of Congress on February 12, 1959, by the American poet and Lincoln biographer Carl Sandburg. I transcribed it in Anniversary for the blog. Attachment: on-abraham-lincoln.pdf
Taming der Eiger
This article, taken from a well-known weekly news magazine and published in 1961, describes the conquest of a towering Swiss peak. I rewrote it for the blog in Simplified Gregg. Attachment: taming-der-eiger.pdf
Penmanship Practice – August 2017
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Shorthand Sightings on the Web
I came across a couple of blogs that had recent articles about shorthand. The first one is about using shorthand to write a novel: Get Your Story in Hand Using Shorthand The second is about genealogy and shorthand: WRITING YOUR FAMILY HISTORY-IN SHORTHAND? Happy reading!
To Labor Less & Accomplish More
This is just a heads up that a book came out last year called To Labor Less & Accomplish More. Part 1: A Brief History of English Shorthand by Kenneth Wick. It’s not very often that a new book about shorthand comes out!