Sayings and a quote (French)
Hello, some sayings from all around the world and a quote. Again, feel free to critize. 🙂 My favourite is the number 2. Edit: changes made.
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.
Hello, some sayings from all around the world and a quote. Again, feel free to critize. 🙂 My favourite is the number 2. Edit: changes made.
I stumbled upon a very interesting book published in 1922 by The Gregg Publishing Company. Titled “Vocabulary Studies for Stenographers”, it was authored by Enoch Newton Miner. The book contains the pronunciation, definition, and shorthand outlines of “words in most common use among educated people which frequently are, in different ways, most perplexing to the…
Although the Gregg shorthand manual teaches you to write several dots and ticks to represent certain things, a lot of these are not written in practice (1916 and Anniversary): The h dot can be omitted in most circumstances apart from certain words like “who….” The diphthong “ai” can be written as an “a” in a…
How does everybody here deal with contractions? I am interested in 1916 Gregg Shorthand and verbatim reporting. What I understand, in non-broadcast captioning, machine stenographers do distinguish between contractions and non-contracted versions. In broadcast captioning an element of paraphrasing does occur. In court reporting, there is some grammar correction of the transcript. In parliamentary reporting,…
Before becoming Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Oliver Wendell Holmes was something of a feature on the lecture circuit. This speech was delivered at the 250th Anniversary of the First Church in Cambridge, February 12, 1886. I transcribed it in Centennial Gregg for the blog. Attachment: the-crusader-and-the-puritan.pdf
This essay about the concept of liberty was transcribed by me in Anniversary Gregg. Attachment: liberty.pdf
This selection about the fourth of July, here written in Simplified by yours truly. Attachment: our-national-anniversary.pdf
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