Is this Pitman Shorthand?

I’m hoping someone can help me with this puzzle. Here’s a link to an image of the backside of a letter written to Millard Fillmore in 1855: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/tigerpaw60/HPIM2475.jpg I think the first line is written in some type of shorthand and is possibly the name of a woman. Can anyone figure out what it says? Thank…

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Usefulness of knowing Shorthand

So I was wondering: What uses do you all find for your shorthand?  School notes? grocery lists?  Secret notes?  😛  I’m not good enough to use it for anything, yet, but I was just curious about you all.  😀 (by cerinye for everyone)

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Stenotype

Hi all 🙂 I was wondering if there were any other “bilingual” stenographers here. Last week, I enrolled in a local legal college to study stenotype (Pheonix theory). I intend to become certified at 225wpm both in stenotype and Anniversay Gregg. The president of the college was delighted to learn that I write, since that’s…

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Boy would an electronic dictionary be useful

Is anyone working on a searchable dictionary of shorthand forms. I had just tried to OCR (convert to searchable text) the 5000 word pdf on Gregg Angelfishy but the software was giving me problems. I wonder, does anyone know how one would go about scanning a large amount of outlines into a database file or document…

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New around here

Hey all! I’ll keep this short and sweet: I’m new here. Fresh out of the box, starting to learn shorthand. I’d appreciate any pointers you could give me to help. i.e. common pitfalls, motivating advice, practice tips, etc. I’m planning to teach it to myself, so the more helpful pointers, the better! Thanks! (by cerinye…

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Okay, One more Question.. W?

W. I am wondering, after having a look at the gregg manual online, that there is no ‘W’? Say for words like away, while, who, went, when, etc. etc. Are you able to help a confused soul? (by c-higginson for everyone)

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Spot the celebrity!

Alison (troutgirl1501) has posted an interesting picture in the “Pictures” section of the site. It came right out of one of the editions of a DJS book. Alex (BeanTea) had made a reference in a few days ago in a post in the General Forum about “spotting the celebrity”, but not knowing what it was…

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