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.
This short story by the American author Albert Payson Terhune, from The Book of Sunnybank (Sunnybank: Home of Lad), was written in Anniversary and serialized in the May and June 1939 issues of The Gregg Writer. Sunnybank, the author’s summer home located in Wayne, NJ, is now Terhune Memorial Park, where he bred and raised…
Does anyone know what happened to Laurence Cawley’s ShorthandWorld site in Great Britain? It seems to be gone. . . .
May 2013 be a year of happiness and best wishes to all! Last year was the second most productive year of this blog with respect to posts since we started in 2004! Let’s break the record this year. To start 2013, here is a nice selection written in Anniversary that appeared in the January 1930…
This selection written in Simplified appeared in the December 1955 issue of Today’s Secretary. Attachment: 18th-river-st.pdf
From the November 1928 issue of The Gregg Writer. Click here for a full view.
Why do the words “cheery” and “cherry” have different outlines in the Anniversary dictionary? It would seem to me that the “cherry” outline is the appropriate one for both and that the “cheery” outline is actually “cheerily”. Can someone explain this to me?
This essay by Mildred McGill appeared in the September 1925 issue of The Gregg Writer and was written in pre-anniversary. Attachment: gold.pdf
I received a request for the transcription of a small Gregg passage written in a yearbook in 1972. It was written by the former girlfriend of the yearbook’s owner. I have transcribed most of it, but I would like to read other people’s transcriptions before I post mine in the blog. A bigger version of…
In a post from December 2011 (yes, I’m reading all of the old posts in reverse order) there is a post about a 21 page booklet put out by the Federal Government as a training tool and reference for Anniversary. It is called Review of Gregg Shorthand Principles. When I click on the link to…
I’m curious about an item in the 1916 manual: “At the end of many words, ted, ded, and sometimes ed, may be expressed by t being placed beneath or close to the preceding character.” (section 53) The examples given are invited n-v-i / t divided dv-i / t demanded dm-a-n…