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 current assignment I’m studying in my Simplified Functional Manual are the vowel sounds: w, sw, wh. One of the words in my reading lesson is the word “wood”. The word WOOD Usually when I come across a new word when I study it I sound the strokes out loud. But, I really don’t understand…
I’m curious if my hypothesis is correct, but can’t test it myself just yet. This chapter and last have many prefixes that combine many letters. The groups electr-, intr-, and ship/short. On average, 3 sounds combined into one shape. My theory is fast writers will find later passages faster than earlier ones because of this….
This is a “Direct-Method” workbook designed to accompany the first 30 units of the Anniversary Manual. The workbook pages were unnumbered and presented in a “continuous” steno format, so that you read from the top page down to the bottom page. I laid it out with the top page verso and the bottom recto. Writing…
I’m having an issue with Google Docs/Drive as the documents for this site have lost their sharing settings. I’m working with Google to solve the issue. In the meantime, if you cannot access a document, hang in there or let me know. Documents posted in December do not have that problem. I will let you…
This is something fictional I wrote more than a year ago for a site where we share ideas for tabletop RPGs. I copied a piece of it yesterday, the most shorthand I’ve done in one sitting for months. I had to keep the dictionary and my personal reference handy throughout. Even so, I’m pretty sure…
This article that appeared in the December 1933 issue of The Gregg Writer discusses the disjoined prefixes and suffixes. While the actual prefixes and suffixes refer to Anniversary, the technique and study material can be easily adapted to other series of Gregg. As a bonus, it contains outlines of proper names of people in the…
Obviously I need some practice, but this is what I have right now. I’m on assignment 6, ch 1. I have trouble forming certain letter combinations, and I’m sorry but I don’t have time to type out what it’s supposed to say right now. 🙁
This article that appeared in the December 1910 issue of The Gregg Writer discusses one of the ways of reviewing Gregg Shorthand: by constructing alphabetic charts. It is a great way of summarizing the major principles of the system. While the chart in this case applies to Pre-Anniversary, it can be adapted to all series…
I just wanted to stop by and say hello and introduce myself. My name is Brenna and I’m in high school and I’m teaching myself Diamond Jubilee Gregg in my free time. I am now able to take notes with it, but I’m still very slow. 🙁 Here’s a small sample of my writing, an excerpt from…
This selection about the history of one of the Christmas symbols appeared in many newspapers in the early 1930s. It was written in Anniversary for the December 1933 issue of The Gregg Writer. It is a good reminder of what Christmas is all about. Attachment: a-symbol-of-christmas.jpg