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.
“The longer I write shorthand, the longer I write shorthand.” The first time I saw this curious sentence, I must admit that I did not understand it. Then after thinking about it I realized what it must mean (it’s sort of like Henny Youngman’s famous double-meaning “Take my wife….please!”), and then saw it another time in the…
|I found, in an old Gregg Writer, a speech given by Otto H. Kahn that was taken down in Gregg Shorthand by Martin J. Dupraw. I have scanned most of it, I think, into the Pictures section of this site. The introduction is fun to read, too! (by jim for everyone)
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Hi all, Apologies for the post from the blue- I’m another shorthand fanatic- however my requirements for complete information assurance kind of rule out most shorthand systems. I take notes during interviews/investigations that I *have* to be able to decipher sometimes months/years later. I noticed George talking about Dewey’s Personal Shorthand and it’s inherent redundancy….
Just received notice that my Gregg “Rip Van Winkle” order from Abebooks, which I was so excited about, was “cancelled.” I have a feeling it had already been sold and they didn’t remove it from their database, but I’m very disappointed, since it was fairly cheap ($10 or so). At least I’ll be getting “Sign of…
I know I’m new, but I don’t want anybody to think that some of these “interesting” spam messages appearing every once in a while are from my computer (at least I don’t think they are). I am typing this on a government computer that has about ten firewalls, so I’m pretty sure I have no…
Technically quite challenged, I find that every time I go to “Documents” and try to add something, I am stuck before I even begin. “Use the check boxes for the files you would like to upload,” it says, but pray tell, where are those check boxes? Darned if I can find them…probably staring me right in…
Hi Folks, In one of my previous shorthand-obsessions periods, I xeroxed a whole bunch of pages from the National Shorthand Reporter. Given the near icon-status of Martin J. Dupraw in Gregg history, I thought I would share one that some of you may have seen but most may not have. It’s in “PICTURES” not “DOCUMENTS”…
Example of shorthand plate written by W.C. Blackwell Example of plate written by W.C Blackwell (by jim for everyone)