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, I am a member of a Facebook shorthand group dominated by Indian and Pakistani Pitman practitioners. They often post Pitman texts and their longhand equivalent in two columns side by side on the same page, and I am always struck by how condensed Pitman looks, taking up less than half of the space needed…
Hello, I’m really sorry, I know this has already been covered but for the life of me I can’t find where! I just wanted to be sure about the distinction between ascending (or do you say upward) and descending (downward?) strokes. Upward: T, D, R, L ? Downward: S, CH, J, F, V, B, P,…
Hello, 1/I was wondering why the penultimate i-circle is kept in the -tivité ending. Is it to avoid possible confusion with “-vier”/”vié”, the ye sign being difficult to curve neatly after V? or is there no specific reason and we could just get rid of that penultimate i-circle? 2/My manual is silent about the -sivité…
Hello, I’m trying to summarize the theory behind choosing right or left S, and it is hellish, because not only are there lots of variables to consider, but also the rules conflict each other and an order of priority has to be determined. To avoid reinventing the wheel, I’d like to know two things. 1/Are…
Hello, Going through a second reading of my French DJS manual, I’m as puzzled as I was during my first reading of the principles governing prefixes con-, com-, conn-, comm-. The author presents the rule in three different paragraphs (160, 161, 162 for you Carlos) and distinguishes 3 cases: *con+consonant/com+consonant *conn-/com- *com+vowel/con+vowel. Why does the…
Hello, Today I was surprised to discover that words like anglais, angoisse, angle are all written with the slanted N. Yet engager, engraisser, etc. are written with N-G. Why? This is one and the same phonetic syllable. Thanks.
Hello, I was transcribing a French text on substance abuse and got thrown off by the word opioïde. Since the “io” combination usually looks the same in all words (the i-circle with the o-hook right under it), I wonder how it could be modified to indicate the third and final vowel. I can’t think of…
Here is an attempt at transcribing an article by Magali Bessone on whether or not to offer reparation to the descendants of the victims of slavery. This is only the first part because the text is quite long. Please let me know what you think…
Hello, Is there a neat way of writing words like Natasha (the name), attachant, attacha (in French)? In my DJS manual, attachant is written with a very long CH so that the first and last A-circles don’t overlap. But then this CH ends up being just as long as a J really. Have you spotted…
Hello, In a transcription she sent me, my mother wrote the verb demeurer as: dem(blend)-r-e. I’ve never heard of a dem blend in DJS (only din, daine), but this made me wonder why in DJS it is written d-e-m-eu-r-e while: -it starts with de which, granted, is not dé, but is still written without an…