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.
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…
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…
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)
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…
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…
In my Simplified manual, why are all the commas printed typeface, instead of written in by hand? Is it that commas are supposed to be omitted when writing Gregg, and that they are just teaching me comma usage for transcription purposes? Or is there something later in the book that I haven’t come across yet?…
Does anyone know something about accordions? (by johnsapp for everyone)
So here…during a time that would be much better spent working on Greggory, I’m coming up with topics for discussion! (Don’t worry…it’s still underway! I’m currently reworking a more compartmentalized OOP implimentation so I can incorperate the outline rendering in many different portions of any program easily…for those nerds that understood that…NERDS I say…you’re NERDS!!) Anyways…no…
Ok. Here’s something I think will be fun, informative, and helpful to most of us. It’s not only good discipline and virtue, but a well bred parry of a tempting faux pas of the shorthand world to never skimp over brief forms, phrasings, and abbreviations on one’s path towards Greggorian enlightenment (so I’ve been told lies at the…
Congratulations PuppyLovePuppyLove, 75th member! *** 75 *** (by johnsapp for everyone)