How to write denouement

Should the beginning of denouement be written with the den blend or as d-e-n? If it was a more common word, I would expect to use the den blend, but I’m hesitant. I apologize for the blurry, unsteady outlines, but hopefully the difference is clear. Which one looks more correct?

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Shorthand Group in Central Maine

I ran across this fun article on the ‘dying’ skill of shorthand. It is nice to see some folks getting together and enjoying Gregg together. They meet once a month, and there is a lesson on the finer points of shorthand. Some know series 90, some DJ, and others simplified. It’s a great mix of…

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Introduction and Study Buddy

Hello friends! My name is Stephen, and I’m a budding Gregg (simplified) enthusiast, a student, a photographer, and a shy esperantist (mi estas eterna komencanto). I was welcomed many months ago, and my efforts have waxed and waned as life continues to create obstacles to my shorthand study. Most were self imposed. Perhaps you can…

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Help with transcription

Someone in the Facebook Gregg Shorthand group posted this photo of a phrase from a court document, possibly from the 1960s.  Any ideas about a transcription?  What about the outline that looks like a gay, kay, and ish stacked together?  Curious about the thoughts of the experts in this group.

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Paul Bunyan

In this narrative, writer Carl Sandburg tells the tale of Paul Bunyan and some of his adventures. I transcribed for the blog in Centennial. Attachment: paul-bunyan.pdf

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The Perfect Memorial

This selection by naturalist Donald Culross Peattie describes one of the most iconic structures in Washington DC. I transcribed it in Anniversary for the blog. Attachment: the-perfect-memorial.pdf

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Grandfather’s Country Store

This essay evokes one of the most important institutions in remote places, the general store or mercantile functioned as among the most important connections local residents had to the wider world, providing them with the latest consumer goods, news, and mail. More than that, as author Phyllis Fenner remembers of her grandfather’s country store, these…

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