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.
Thought it might be a good idea to have a thread for booklists, just in case anyone is hit by the urge to make any, or wants to link to existing lists. It happened to me… I made a preliminary list of Series 90 books, based on data from WorldCat and ABEbooks, which I have…
A clear acetate overlay, used to determine how close a student’s writing is to the “correct” model in terms of shape, slant, and size. Similar overlays were available for penmanship systems, such as Zaner Bloser and Palmer. I guess someone could make a similar overlay using a copy machine and a piece of transparency plastic…
Continuing along in Simplified, I was exposed to the jent blend for the first time today. By itself it seems like jent/jend isn’t too bad, but then it can also be pend/pent. And in the same lesson is the “other” stroke that can be def/dif, div/dev and — last but not least — tive/tif… wow,…
The spiral binding is plastic, not metal, so I’m not sure about the vintage of this notebook.
Probably getting way ahead of myself but I wanted to compare the brief forms in Notehand with their equivalents in Simplified and Diamond Jubilee. Using the charts on the Angelfishy site as my source of info for the latter two systems. Likely to be some errors here so I would appreciate corrections. m for “am”:…
A little while ago, I had said I would share my impression of the DJS series of books. Now, my goal is not to offend any DJS fans. I am purely speaking of the physical materials themselves, NOT the DJS system of Gregg. Sitting on the library shelf, they are very cheerful as a set. A…
I wondered about the speed limitation of Notehand, and whether it is as bad as reputed to be. Although I’ve settled on Simplified for now, I still like to use the Notehand book for additional reading practice. Much better stuff than, “A girl doesn’t have to be a beauty to get ahead in business.” 🙂…
Hi, I was stuck in lesson 20 in the Simplified Manual. In the 2nd edition it is p88 #179 about a United Credit Bureau. I was going to ask for help with an outline I couldn’t decipher, last night or today. I read the sentence (second in para) as: Before the credit manager of a…
The hackers are at it again. Read the full story here. If you want to find out if your account was affected, click here. Anyway, it is always a good idea to change your passwords periodically.
I have received this book today. It is copyright 1940 by the Gregg Publishing Company Ltd (Gregg House, 51 Russell Square, London WC1) and was printed by Morrison and Gibb Ltd, (London and Edinburgh). It contains 122 numbered pages, preceded by a preface and ‘A Talk With The Beginner’. Inside the front cover of the…