French: Ce qu’un geste amical peut faire
Hello, as Carlos seems to be still interested, I propose this text made of simple words. Sounds like a true story… Alas, a bit lengthy…
Le python a le cœur gros (French)
Hello, I found on this webpage a little text in Prévost-Delaunay shorthand: https://lepetitstenographe.pagesperso-orange.fr/Doss_textes_base/python_steno.html So I asked the author if I could borrow the text. Here is the text in French Gregg (Sénécal):
Voyage au centre de la Terre – chap. 2 - part. 2
Hello, second part of the chapter 2 of Jules Verne’s novel. The professor Lindenbrock was showing the old book he has just bought to his nephew when suddenly… Second partie du chapitre 2 du roman de Jules Verne. Le professor Lindenbrock était en train de montrer sa nouvelle acquisition à son neveu quand soudain… Again,…
Is shorthand difficult?
Hello, in shorthand-related boards, I often see someone who is asking advices to choose a shorthand and, among other criteria, there is always a shorthand that is easy. Each time, I’m surprised because, for me, shorthand is not the kind of thing that can be considered as difficult: there are rules and you apply these…
Voyage au centre de la Terre – Chap. 2 – Part. 1
Hello, here’s the first part of the second chapter of “Voyage au centre de la Terre” by Jules Verne. Voici la première partie du second chapitre de « Voyage au centre de la Terre » de Jules Verne. Again, please, feel free to comment if any form feels wrong or difficult to understand. Thanks. N’hésitez pas, s’il…
Voyage au centre de la Terre – Chapitre 1 – Partie 2
Hello, here is the second part of the first chapter of ‘Voyage au centre de la Terre’… Again, feel free to comment if there’s something difficult to understand or if I made some mistakes… 🙂
Voyage au centre de la Terre – chapitre 1 – partie 1
Hello, honestly, I don’t know if I will make all chapters (I don’t even know how many they are), but this idea was borne of my frustration there is no old-fashioned novel in French Gregg. There will be no risk of readers waiting for the sequel, though: the text is easy to find… 🙂 As…
Anne Frank : citations (French)
Hello, in another blog on shorthand, quotes from Anne Frank are posted in English. I wanted to write them too. So here are some quotes in French: As always, if you see any mistakes, please, let me know… 🙂 Here are some of these quotes in English: 2) “You must work and do good, not…
Le lièvre qui fit peur au tigre
Hello, a nice Vietnamese fairy tale. The translation is mine — not from Vietnamese. 🙂
Les enfants des étoiles
Hello, Aymeric and I, we started a discussion some time ago about adding new prefixes to French Gregg. I had particularly in mind the prefixes hydr- and oxy-. For the prefix oxy-, it’s easy, the ideal prefix would be o/ as it isn’t used in French Gregg. For the prefix hydr-, well, I had a…