Gregg Handwriting

I recently purchased a copy of “Gregg Handwriting” (1931, by John Robert Gregg and Mary Louise Champion).  This copy was published by the Gregg Publishing Company Ltd. in London, but presents a totally American-style cursive handwriting (in the tradition of Spencer, Palmer, Zaner-Bloser, etc.)  Addresses in later samples are British, and prices in pounds. Now I’m…

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Abbreviating Principle – Simplified

I have a few questions about the Abbreviating Principle in Simplified. Regarding the groups of words in families, from what I have read on the blog and in the books, I think there are 15 family groups, but I am not sure if I’ve missed any: -cate/-quate: indic(ate), loc(ate), duplic(ate), educ(ate), adeq(uate). -cide/-side: deci(de), besi(de),…

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Review of Shorthand Dictation Studies

 And some early remarks on Gregg Speed Building for Colleges Carlos has previously recommended Shorthand Dictation Studies by Wallace B. Bowman as a good text for the shorthand student who is just entering the intermediate realm. I wholeheartedly endorse this suggestion. This volume is truly excellent for any number of reasons. The quality of the…

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Omission of minor vowels – Simplified

There have been several posts here concerning the omission of minor vowels in Gregg Shorthand. There is some guidance in the earlier material, such as the 1916 Manual and the related Qs and As book (1924). But what about Simplified? Rich Harrison recently pointed out that certain texts are available on the Open Library. I…

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Dr. Gregg’s Family

I’m curious if anyone has ever found information about what became of Dr. Gregg’s two children (with his second wife Janet).  Did they ever have any involvement with the company or with shorthand?  They would have still been young children when McGraw-Hill bought the Gregg company.  And how long did Janet Gregg continue to work…

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shorthand pangram

As you may know, a pangram is a sentence that uses every letter of a language’s alphabet at least once. A common example is “a quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.” I was wondering if anyone has composed pangrams using the basic Gregg alphabet, however you might define that. (Would you want to…

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My new book

Hi everybody: I’ve received my present on “El Día de Reyes” (The Three Wise Men Day). It’s a Gregg Shorthand book (in English, remember that I live in Chile and practise shorthand in Spanish… I guess preanniversary). Description of the book: “Gregg Shorthand – Anniversay Edition” Cover in dark red colour. Copyright 1929, 1916 Jan…

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