Foreign Shorthand and Penmanship

 Hey Group, I could really use your imput! While speed and facility are important goals in shorthand, I am most interested  in the theory and principles that not only served the English speakers so well, but enabled their utilization in other languages as well. I have been able to get hold of Gregg in Spanish, French…

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What do you do with your Shorthand knowledge?

Hello everyone, I’ve noticed through reading a few messages that there seems to be quite a variety of people & professions within this group.  If you don’t mind me asking;  Which version of Shorthand do you use and for what purpose do you use it?  Also, do you follow your original version of Shorthand (verbatim?), or…

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“Downstairs” – the word – how would you write it?

Hi everyone! Today I found in my bookshelves a Gregg Shorthand Dictionary – Diamond Jubilee Series; Copyright 1963 (in seemingly near perfect condition).  I thought I had other Shorthand books that I’ve kept around, but must have sold them somewhere along the line.  I picked up this dictionary at a used book sale years ago.  Anyway… …

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WELCOME SOREN

It’s nice to have someone else interested in medical shorthand. NDP stands for Doctor of Nursing Practice: I wonder how one would write NDP in shorthand–use intersection?  (by bjb29407 for everyone)     

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Question re DJ shorthand outline

I have returned to this outline several times in sentence 1 of Group A on page 26 of  the 1963 Diamond Jubilee Series and can not interpret it: Can someone help me.  The sentence apparently reads: “Dale reads xxxxx an hour a day.”…. with the outline spelling out “tlest”.  Can someone please help me with what…

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A couple of interesting Gregg items

Hi, all. I got a couple of interesting Gregg items on E-bay that just arrived today.  The first is the DJS “Handbook for the Legal Secretary” by Leslie and Coffin. It’s in great shape (copyright 1968), and has lots of interesting information about legal application of Gregg.  The fascinating thing about this book, though, is…

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