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.
I made some cheat cards for the theory bits of DJS: I tried to capture everything beyond the basic alphabet, organized by chapter, lesson, and paragraph. Please let me know about mistakes or other improvements you can think of 🙂 Attachment: GreggDJSCheatCards_01042000.pdf
Trying out a new concept for collaborative blogging: here are a few pages of the “Thousand Nights and One Night” (cleaned-up, PG-13), headed by a quatrain from Omar Khayyam, in “Intermediate DJS,” meaning “with mistakes.” The next step is for YOU to add the next bit of story, and then for someone to pick up…
After a couple of months retraining myself to use the writing line, here is my second attempt at the opening poem of “Alice in Wonderland” for your comment and critique. This time, I focused on penmanship and punctuation, and wrote slowly. Please forgive the sub-par photography — I am experimenting with various ways of capturing…
I’ve been doing some experiments with pens, inks, and transcription styles, and I’ve come up with this https://www.dropbox.com/s/3wvmi1q76ziunql/AllInTheGoldenAfternoonLewisCarroll.pdf for your consideration (one sheet as media below). I’m planning to go ahead and write out the rest of “Alice …” in this style, and I’ll watch for comments and suggestions. The purpose is to force myself to write…
The book “Refresher Course in Gregg Shorthand, Diamond Jubilee Series” by Strony, Garvey, and Newhouse has many useful exercises for writers of Diamond Jubilee. In particular are several blocks of outlines that illustrate phrasing, joining-forms (ligatures?), brief forms, and frequently used words and phrases. There are about 1750 items in these blocks, and about 1350…