Shorthand Journey Begins

A few times in my life, I have come across individuals taking notes in shorthand. It was fascinating to me as it appeared that they were merely making doodles. But these doodles, which were completely unrecognizable to me as any form of written record, were so beautiful and elegant. I was mesmerized. Time passed by…

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Hi from Simplified beginner

Hullo everyone!  Oh, how thrilled I was to stumble upon this site!  (Via the gregg.angelfishy site, thanks!) I was starting to feel very alone in my studies, but now I know that at least 800 people here share the same interest, so hurray! It was in January that I happened to see an epi of…

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1916 -rd Ending After f

Does anyone know the recommended form for words such as these under 1916 rules?: offeredsufferedpreferredconferredreferredpilfered My guess is “…f [disjoined t]” in each case, because of the -f ending rule, and the disjoined t rule for past-tense of abbreviated words, but I can’t find any rules or any instances of the combination with “-rd”. “Confered”…

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Taquigrafia Gregg

I finally got a copy of Taquigrafia Gregg. The copyright/publishing date is 1923. I’m learning Anniversary, and wanted the most comparable edition for Spanish. But the next edition I could find on Amazon or Ebay was from the 1940s. Priscilla (by gwriter53 for everyone)

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The Sign of the Four

Have just received this hard-bound volume in pristtine condition and am having a most enjoyable read. The shorthand is definitely pre-Anniversary which is not necessarily a bad thing as I’ve discovered in my recent Gregg explorations … and each page is printed in 2 columns to resemble a steno pad (but with no rules as…

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cheap Alice in Wonderland on eBay

Alice in Wonderland is on eBay starting at $9.99.  There are four more days left on bidding but you might want to check it out.  I haven’t read the description so there may be something missing/wrong OR the seller doesn’t know how many people are looking for something like that. Joanne (by joannek_1 for everyone)

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Shorthand Books for Sale

Hello All, I hope it is clear that I joined this group because of my family history (Astrid Ramsey, platewriter), and not for the purpose of selling books.  However, it just happens that this morning I walked past my Business section and spied the following 3 books lying on the edge of the shelf, virtually shouting…

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Searching for Used Books

I just posted a document called “SEARCHING FOR USED BOOKS” to the Document file of this group.  Hope someone finds it useful.  It includes a bit also on condition grading. Best, Don Ramsey (by allbooksconsidered for everyone)

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Message about Astrid Ramsey?

Hi, all.  Donald Ramsey posted a fascinating message yesterday about his mother Astrid, who was one of the plate writers for the Gregg company.  His message came through my e-mail and looked just like every other message from the group, but it isn’t showing up on the web page.  So I’m curious–did everyone get his…

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