Help with a translation

I am needing some help translating some shorthand that I came across in one of my (deceased) grandmother’s journals. If anyone could help with this, it would be greatly appreciated. (by athena for everyone)

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Gregg Now Required in Highschools

Ha, ha! Made you look. *****WARNING: I just noticed how long this post has become. Be prepared for rambling; feel free to skim over the boring parts. *****But imagine if it was true. I wonder which system would be chosen to be Gregg2K if it was to be taught widely in schools again. We seem…

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Reading Practice Help

Hello…My name is Deb and I just recently joined this group.  I am (trying) to learn shorthand by myself, and have become fascinated with this site and with shorthand in general! I am studying the Diamand Jubilee Series, and have run across something I cannot transcribe.  Was hoping someone could help me out?  In the…

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Anniversary inconsistency?

Search is written s-e-ch. But perch is written p-e-r-ch – or at least it is in Reading & Dictation Practice IV in Gregg Speed Studies (UK, 1930). I’ve attached a pic (perch is in the second line from the end). Is this a mistake, or have I missed (yet another!) rule? Thanks, Kevin (by kevinwal…

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Rare Light-Line Phonography Book on eBay

Wow, you guys oughta see this– A rare, light-line phonography book written by a contemporary of Gregg’s, named Pernin– According to my information, Pernin’s system was written by about 3% of Americans in 1894. It might be interesting to see how close to Gregg it is. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=356&item=7330493523&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW (by georgeamberson1 for everyone)

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Aesop’s Fables in Gregg eBook!

Hello one, hello all, hello two (but not you, seven…I know your kind): Well, I scanned in a nice little (3.75mb) copy of Fables in Gregg Shorthand and I sent it to angelfishy’s Andrew Owen (or should I say Andrew’s angelfishy?) and Sir John Sapp of…well you know…but neither has posted it up yet, SOOOOO, if anybody is wanting…

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all books on Gregg Shorthand

So far I have: (–Gregg Shorthand Anniversary Edition 5000 Most-Used Shorthand Forms Fundamental Drills in Gregg Shorthand Gregg Speed Studies & Graded Readings in Gregg Shorthand Gregg Shorthand Phrase Book Gregg Shorthand Dictionary–) all in Anniversary. What other Gregg Shorthand Anniversary style books can I start a search? (by i-gmail for everyone)  

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