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Lee 2 July 2024 at 10:00 am on Question about switching systemsThanks for filling in so much interesting information. I've always wondered if the Expert Speed Building was ever actually used
Peter Meggison 1 July 2024 at 11:14 am on Question about switching systemsLee, Gregg Expert Speed Building (Diamond Jubilee) was used as the standard textbook in the fourth semester of the shorthand
Carlos 28 June 2024 at 4:46 pm on Blog Access IssuesThanks! I'm glad we have backups! :-)
Nicholas Salkilld 28 June 2024 at 11:37 am on Blog Access IssuesGlad that the blog is back again in good order. It must have been a tense few weeks for you
Lee 28 June 2024 at 5:06 am on Question about switching systemsPeter, I think it's fascinating that you taught Expert Speed Building. I've often wondered if and how often the book
Lee 27 June 2024 at 7:59 pm on Question about switching systemsJames Deese was a psychologist and authored the "how to make notes" part of the Notehand textbook. His name is
Peter Meggison 24 June 2024 at 12:34 pm on Question about switching systemsAgreed that "work" (ook) in Diamond Jubilee was awful and probably the chief thing Simplified teachers criticized when they went
Lee 23 June 2024 at 4:02 am on Question about switching systemsHaha. "Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to ook we go!" If I remember correctly, the justification for oo-k was
Carlos 22 June 2024 at 4:02 pm on HomeThanks. I made the first two corrections, but in my transcript, the last word is "homes." You can check it
Nicholas Salkilld 22 June 2024 at 1:34 pm on HomeA gentle though impassioned speech. I learnt how to write "mortgage", and also learnt the meaning of "lien" and "avocation".
Carlos 21 June 2024 at 6:43 pm on Question about switching systems"Manufacture", for me, is the kicker in Simplified: having to write the whole outline was so bad that the powers
Lee 21 June 2024 at 1:09 pm on Question about switching systemsAnniversary definitely has speed advantage, if you're up to the memory load of all the brief forms. I have never
Thomas Hedrick 21 June 2024 at 2:45 am on Question about switching systemsI started with Anniversary but transitioned to Simplified in the middle of Anniversary studies because when I got some actual
Lee 19 June 2024 at 5:13 am on Question about switching systemsI started off with Notehand (in high school in the 1960s), and then learned Diamond Jubilee (DJS). I write DJS
Carlos 18 June 2024 at 4:22 pm on Question about switching systemsThe series you choose will depend on your specific goals, basically how fast you want to be able to write.
Mason Olsen 18 June 2024 at 3:33 pm on Question about switching systemsOh ok thx so much for the responses, thats super good to hear. I will deffenetly stay with notehand untill
Carlos 18 June 2024 at 2:50 pm on Question about switching systemsI agree. Gregg is Gregg: the alphabet is basically the same between the series. You will be learning more rules
Sean Griffin 18 June 2024 at 2:20 pm on Question about switching systemsAll versions of Gregg are very close in terms of the characters used, and even many of the briefs and
Lee 10 June 2024 at 5:51 am on Random Questions from a NewcomerI too agree fully with Sean's excellent advice. Pick a version, and learn it well. The basic alphabet and structure
Carlos 5 June 2024 at 2:47 pm on Random Questions from a NewcomerI agree wholeheartedly with Sean's advice about sticking with one version while learning -- in that way you have a