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.
James Lane Allen was an American writer. Born in Kentucky, his novels A Kentucky Cardinal and its continuation Aftermath tell the romantic journey of a young Kentucky naturalist, Adam Moss, with a society girl. In this selection from Chapters II and III of the former, he describes the spring season in that part of the United States. I transcribed it in Anniversary Gregg for the blog.
Attachment: spring-in-kentucky.pdf
You must be logged in to post a comment.
Well. I’m glad this was a short one. Thank you for the challenge Carlos, it is always good to find one’s limits.
I found mine here. I never really got into the flow. There were too many similes, and he seemed to change tack unexpectedly. I couldn’t get over a dozen words which, even if I could, would leave me with many sentences lacking meaning. I kind-of gave up half way through — though towards the end, when spring was springing, I got more in tune with his poetical presentation.
Looking forward to next month though.
The protagonist speaks in metaphors and very poetically. You can see that at the beginning when he says that he will open a pawn shop for his “brethren in feathers” (referring to birds) so that he could “lend” seeds in exchange for their singing.
You can find the transcript here, pages 14 to 25. The shorthand is only sections of these pages.
Thank you for that link. I now see all the words that I could not guess at, and all the other in-between words which I misinterpreted (out of context).
I wonder if something as difficult as this may have been used in the competitions of the early 1900s.
The sentence “Every other sense hies abroad” is difficult to understand even in English!
You’re welcome!