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.
Hi all, I’ve been foraying into Anniversary after four years with Simplified, and have a question that isn’t addressed in the manual. In words like “count”, “account” etc, the “oun” is omitted. In Simplified, it’s included. I know of the rule of omitting “ou” before n/m in the body of a word, but I can’t…
Hello! I taught Gregg Shorthand for years (20+) in a secretarial science program at a two-year college. I still use shorthand ALL the time. My favorite lesson was teaching phrasing with this poem … how many phrases can you make? I’d rather be a could be, if I could not be an are For a…
Hi everybody. I volunteered to translate some steno pads from 1928 for a history professor at my college since nobody on the face of the earth seems to write Gregg out here; there are five of them so just scanning or mailing them isn’t practical. Anyway, given the date, it’s certainly not going to be…
My -ld blend is particularly awful. Any advice? Unlike other forms, this one doesn’t even seem to improve for me since, aside from “raise the end”, I haven’t found much instruction about it. (Compare Mr. Gregg’s detailed pages on the dn/dm, nd/md blends in Speed Studies, for example.) And checking the examples helps little, since…
Seems like things are quiet here in the shorthand world recently. Here’s one funny bit of news: Several years ago I was lucky enough to find a copy of the 1931 reprint of the 1893 first Gregg shorthand booklet (several of you have gotten the scanned file from me). I always assumed that was sort…