Thrift

GeneralCarlos1 January 20180

Here are timeless words about thrift by the American Bankers Association, and written in Centennial by me for the blog.

Attachment: thrift.pdf

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Lee 1 June 2023 at 7:59 pm on Some Random ThoughtsIn addition to the basic texts, McGraw-Hill published "Gregg Shorthand for the Administrative Assistant" in Centennial, which in my estimation
Peter Meggison 1 June 2023 at 6:02 pm on Some Random ThoughtsI think with the Centennial edition of 1988, McGraw-Hill was trying to hold on to something which was pretty much
Lee 1 June 2023 at 5:00 am on Some Random ThoughtsFor me, Diamond Jubilee, Series 90, and Centennial all just blur together into one thing. I admire your ability to
Lee 1 June 2023 at 4:45 am on Comparing Theories – Spencerian Penmanship and Gregg ShorthandI just looked at the Files of the Facebook group. The 1909 shorthand penmanship booklet is there, but I remembered
MartiLynn 30 May 2023 at 4:06 pm on Comparing Theories – Spencerian Penmanship and Gregg ShorthandMy day-to-day handwriting is block print that is mostly straight up and down with a slight lean to the left.
MartiLynn 30 May 2023 at 3:58 pm on Comparing Theories – Spencerian Penmanship and Gregg ShorthandThank you Lee, I will look for those scans in the Facebook group!
Lee 30 May 2023 at 2:47 pm on Comparing Theories – Spencerian Penmanship and Gregg ShorthandHaha. Yes, Marion Richardson's models are very uninspiring! Gregg Shorthand is much more similar to what in the US was
Nicholas Salkilld 30 May 2023 at 7:39 am on Comparing Theories – Spencerian Penmanship and Gregg ShorthandI have always, right from the start of learning Gregg, been aware of the need to slope the writing. I
Nicholas Salkilld 30 May 2023 at 6:52 am on Eleven Days over DeathWell this was a hard one (and long). There seemed to be lots of technical/mechanical words, and casual words used
Lee 28 May 2023 at 7:58 pm on Comparing Theories – Spencerian Penmanship and Gregg ShorthandI re-read your post just now. The very early Gregg publications did in fact put an emphasis on penmanship, position,
Carlos 27 May 2023 at 4:00 pm on French: “Supertick…”You're welcome!
Carlos 27 May 2023 at 3:59 pm on Antarctica – The White ContinentGreat! I'm glad you liked it.
Susan Johnston 27 May 2023 at 8:55 am on Antarctica – The White ContinentSo interesting! Although I learned Diamond Jubilee Gregg I can read most of Simplified Gregg - this article, peaked my
Carlos 26 May 2023 at 12:45 pm on French: “Supertick…”It would be nice if some library could scan these shorthand books and put them on archive.org or openlibrary.org for
Sean Goldfarb 26 May 2023 at 11:36 am on French: “Supertick…”Oh my! I'm sorry that happened. Thanks for letting me know (and good thing I asked first!). I'll be sure
Lee 26 May 2023 at 9:30 am on Comparing Theories – Spencerian Penmanship and Gregg ShorthandGregg shorthand was developed in that era of "business penmanship". There's a lot of emphasis on the similarities of Gregg
Carlos 25 May 2023 at 8:02 pm on French: “Supertick…”The copy that is floating around was my original scan that a user, unbeknownst to me, made public after I
Carlos 25 May 2023 at 7:59 pm on “Diamond Jubilee Series: A Presentation of System Changes”Can you try again?
Lee 25 May 2023 at 7:12 pm on “Diamond Jubilee Series: A Presentation of System Changes”OK, that makes sense. Under "About" "Contact" there's just a message "Oops. That page can't be found". Is there
Sean Goldfarb 25 May 2023 at 1:09 pm on French: “Supertick…”Hiya! To my surprise, I managed to find a pdf online of the Senecal 1939 French Gregg. It's so similar