Any Eclectic Shorthand Writers in the Forum?

I received the following email. If you’re interested, please let me know and I will connect you with Connor.

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When
looking searching for sources related to eclectic shorthand I found this ancient
conversation:
http://gregg-shorthand.com/2005/09/25/cross-eclectic-shorthand/

I want to learn eclectic shorthand and extend it to include tonal speech as well
as convert the theory to be written phonetically.

While I could obvious choose another theory and lighten the load of my task
eclectic shorthand appeals to me specially with it’s extreme brevity, hard
principals and reliance on stroke shading, which I prefer to length as an
identifier.

My goal is to have the system be used for prose, rather than its traditional
usage in court reporting.

Is there any way to get in touch with the eclectic users on the forum? Or do you
know of any eclectic sub-communities that I could join?

Thanks for listening,

Connor

PS – I know this is a Gregg forum; I just couldn’t help myself. There must
be fewer than 1,000 (perhaps 100) eclectic writers left in the world.

Nicholas Salkilld 31 March 2023 at 11:17 am on Our 7-Mile Dive to Bottom – Part 1Just managing to get out of my sick-bed to post this before part 2 arrives. Not too many questions this
Draconius 29 March 2023 at 10:13 am on A Message for New MembersNow, they all just use DragonSpeak dictation for notes or (in my hospital) they just write in the chart with
Lee 29 March 2023 at 5:18 am on A Message for New MembersYou may be right about people over 50. A 50-year-old today was born in 1972-1973, so could easily have had
Lee 27 March 2023 at 6:35 pm on A Message for New MembersI suspect there are no medical shorthand people around any more, unless someone tracked down a very old retired secretary.
Draconius 26 March 2023 at 2:39 pm on A Message for New MembersIve made a few of my own, or just abbreviated some that I wrote often enough. Its partially just wanting
Lee 25 March 2023 at 7:59 pm on A Message for New MembersMcGraw-Hill published medical reference materials for Gregg shorthand for Diamond Jubilee. (And even that amazes me). I have three different
Elizabeth Skipper 25 March 2023 at 7:35 pm on A Message for New MembersDraconius, while it makes sense not to reinvent the wheel, for specific medical outlines you can't find, I don't think
Draconius 25 March 2023 at 5:55 am on A Message for New MembersThanks Lee and Carlos for your welcome! I actually bought the 1953 edition and just recieved it yesterday! Its a
Carlos 24 March 2023 at 11:51 pm on A Message for New MembersWelcome to the blog, Draconius! I second what Lee wrote, but be aware that the first edition of the Gregg
Lee 24 March 2023 at 8:33 pm on A Message for New MembersYou can keep an eye out for "The Gregg Medical Shorthand Manual" and "The Medical Stenographer", both by Effie B.
Draconius 24 March 2023 at 7:15 pm on A Message for New MembersI've always intended to say hi, but I keep forgetting! Y'all can call me Draconius or just shorten it as
Carlos 17 March 2023 at 11:20 am on A Message for New Members"During" is written d-r in Centennial. Also, both -gram and -graph are written in full in Centennial. But the other
lvw 16 March 2023 at 9:13 pm on A Message for New MembersLike Lee and Elizabeth, I first learned Diamond Jubilee. I agree that it, Series 90 and Centennial are very similar.
Carlos 3 March 2023 at 6:54 pm on Question about Notehand “R”Both "hurry" and "furry" are written with the oo-hook in Anniversary and earlier series. Louis Leslie changed that starting with
Carlos 3 March 2023 at 12:14 pm on Question about Notehand “R”Correct. A way of looking at it is that you only insert the e in the obscure vowel situation if
Sean Goldfarb 3 March 2023 at 12:06 pm on Question about Notehand “R”But wouldn't "hurry" be written as h-e-r-ee"? Unfortunately for me, an imaginary American accent doesn't always work for me haha,
Sean Goldfarb 3 March 2023 at 12:00 pm on Question about Notehand “R”Thanks, Carlos! I didn't get a chance to really look at your comment (or anyone of the other nice people
Lee 2 March 2023 at 6:43 am on A Message for New MembersThank you for clarifying that. I agree that Diamond Jubilee, Series 90, and Centennial really are essentially the same thing,
Carlos 1 March 2023 at 8:56 pm on A Message for New MembersI chose to write Centennial between those three because that was the last published series, and the differences between Centennial
Elizabeth Skipper 1 March 2023 at 8:11 pm on A Message for New MembersGood to know, as some of the others really have me shaking my head!Fortunately, my actual need for shorthand is