New member (repost)

  Just a quick hello from Cambridge (the original one, in England, not the other one). I’m Kevin and I write for a living – mostly business copy, online and off. Like most people on this list (it seems to me) I’m fascinated by language. I speak fluent French, fluent-ish Italian, and have picked up…

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Lest we forget

In remembrance of the attack to Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, I’m attaching President Roosevelt’s War Message to Congress, as taken by Charles Zoubek over the radio in the office of the Gregg Publishing Company in New York. If you want to practice writing this speech, I have made a practice sheet with the…

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Simplified Manual on E-Bay

Hey all. There’s a brand new copy of the Gregg Shorthand Manual Simplified, 2nd edition (the one that’s still in print) offered on E-Bay at a “buy it now” price of $9.75.  That’s less than you’ll pay at Barnes & Noble . . . Link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=378&item=4510253623&rd=1 Alex (by alex for everyone)  

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Greggory Demo!

Yes yes…so I felt like showing Greggory around a bit; he was feeling all cooped up and lonely. Like I mentioned…it kindof fell behind because I had to redo it almost from the ground up, so that I could have it nice and well-object-oriented so it’s simple to impliment it in various situations. That meant…

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Method of Expressing “W”

I have trouble remembering that the W is a oo hook.  When it’s something easy like win, web, wheel, that’s not hard.  But when it’s walk, worry, worth, watch, water… those other vowels (aw, o sounds), I get confused and cannot make out the symbol. Is this just learned and memorized?  Or do you have…

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