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.
Yes, I’m the author of the Reddit post. It’s not plagiarizing. No, I’m not leaving Pitman for Gregg, but since I had my suspicions from earlier dabbling, and was using the Gregg vowels, to procrastinate, it made sense to include them. (Does this count as my daily shorthand practice?) Pitman follows tongue placement very well,…
It is my understanding that in Simplified, if you want to add –ed to a word whose root outline does not include a stroke for the final consonant sound of the root word, the added t or d stroke is disjoined, and that one of the changes made in going from Simplified to Diamond Jubilee…
Hello, first paragraph of the book of short stories, “Lettres de mon moulin” by Alphonse Daudet. (I’m not very happy about my “lapin”, the “p” curves difficultly…) Again feel free to criticize…
It looks like the outline for the word shortage represents an exception to the guidelines for the placement of an outline. Mr. Rader (in the 2nd edition of the Simplified manual) writes the outline so that the j extends half its length below the baseline, rather than placing it on the baseline. I’m guessing it…
It is my understanding that Simplified and later are generally considered to be inherently slower than Anniversary and Pre-Anniversary (but easier to learn). My understanding is that that is mostly because of the reduced number of brief forms and special forms in Simplified and later, but I am wondering what effect the elimination of the…
In Simplified: Is there a pattern for which stroke determines the s used between two strokes? The way decision is written would suggest that a sh, ch, or j wins out against a preceding d or t. But that hypothesis is torn asunder by disjoin. The way design is written would suggest that a d…
Hello, I’m having trouble reading several words of the following text from my French DJS manual: Here is what I get: Cher ami, arrêtez-vous près d’une chute d’eau par une belle journée d’été, asseyez-vous sur un rocher et écoutez chanter les oiseaux. Vous ne verrez plus (?) une chute pareille à celle-ci [if my…
Hello, I have trouble making out the TH curve from both the R (in some cases) and the NT blend (in other cases). 1/Is there a noticeable size difference that helps distinguishing the right TH curve from the ND blend? I assumed the latter was larger, but my manual doesn’t seem to differentiate them much,…
I like the brief form for because in pre-Simplified. No good reason … just cuz.
One of the things I like about Gregg shorthand is that you can write the infinitive (to + verb) as a single outline. It seems I get carried away with this. In reverse transcribing one of the reading selections from the 2nd edition of the Simplified manual, I phrased to use and to send, but…