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.
Anything goes in here? This’s my section! And I’m the first! (Assuming noone snuck anything in while I’m typing this) So I was just wondering…if telephone wires could talk…what kindof things do you think they’d say? I mean, they sit there all day, often carrying dozens (hundreds?) of conversations at any given time through their subwires…would they be…
Thanks to all Gregg Group members for so loyally following the two rules, to:1. Keep posts Gregg related; and2. Keep them kind. But have you been itching to ask your fellow members about their other nerdly endeavors? Need help with your ship-in-a-bottle work? Stumped on lesson 12 of Ashworth’s Field Snaredrum Instructor? Perhapse you are…
Hello. Just a quick question that I’ve had forever and never found an answer to…what’s the ideal S direction to take after the nd/nt (and of course md/mt) (ie ends, hands) and the r/d l/d combinations (worlds, furds…it’s a word!!)? It seems a left S would look the best, but it doesn’t always flow nicely…
Greetings to everyone. I just this minute joined this group and look forward to interacting with many of you. Since I’m new here, I was wondering if anyone would share with me his or her ideas of the best shorthand text available. I have the one that deals with dictation/transcription, and I also have “Gregg…
I am fascinated by the interest that people have in the earlier versions of Gregg like Anniversary edition. I have a book from the 1930s called GREGG SPEED BUILDING IN ONE YEAR, and I have been looking through that for some additional shortcuts. The endings in that version seem especially useful. Brian (by bjb29407 for…
Try looking for gregg shorthand here: http://www.abebooks.com/ (by steve for everyone)
Clyde Blanchard devised a method to increase dictation speed, which is helpful if you are in the 60-120 wpm range, and want to increase your speed at least 20 wpm more of where you are now. The method is called the “Pyramid Plan”, and it is based on taking additional short dictation set at a…
The first printing of the Anniversary Manual (1929) was delayed and had numerous errors. For that reason, a second printing with revisions was made. Unfortunately, if you buy the Manual from eBay, there is no way to tell from the date whether you have the original first printing, or a subsequent printing (unless you buy…
Gregg Publishing Company produced a number of shorthand versions of literature, among them this story by de Maupassant. “Alice in Wonderland” was published in hard back, as was “The Sign of the Four” by Arthur Conan Doyle and “Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son”. One series was published boxed as “American Readings in…
You’re all such smart people…here’s my dilemma: no matter how hard i try, I can’t write the stroke for F and V. For some reason I can’t get the deepest part of the curve at the top, it always wants to be in the middle, which makes FR and FL impossible to write and F and…