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.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djDD4KzvzQI
Skip to 1:00 in this video. There’s a Flair felt tip pen commercial with a snippet of Gregg shorthand (and lots of goofy hearts)
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"Dear Sir, with reference to your recent letter…"
At least I think that's what it says. 🙂
That was my reading of it too. Wonder when the hearts started being part of Gregg…during DJS?
It's interesting to see Gregg show up in a color TV commercial. I've been focused on the Gregg Anniversary manual, so in my mind, Gregg was popular when travel by horse and train was. Seeing it in recentish popular culture is a pleasant surprise!
Very cool.
I don't think the hearts have anything to do with Gregg shorthand. The advertisement is for Flair pens, and the secretary is "setting her spirit free" by putting aside the boring job of taking stuffy office dictation, and drawing colorful hearts with a Flair pen. But that's not all. Flair pens are a product of the Paper Mate company, whose logo is two hearts, one above the other. That logo appears on the pocket clip of each Flair pen. So the secretary is drawing the logo.
As another observation, the Gregg shorthand in this ad is of mixed style. The word "reference" is spelled out as in Diamond Jubilee and later, while "letter" is written with a short form as in Simplified and earlier.
I was kidding about the hearts having anything to do with the SH????. (Sometimes my jokes are only funny to me)
Very fun! I showed it to my kids, too.