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, 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…
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…
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… 🙂
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…
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…
Hello, a nice Vietnamese fairy tale. The translation is mine — not from Vietnamese. 🙂
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…
Hello, the other day, I read an excerpt of ‘The basics principles of Gregg shorthand’ where John R. Gregg said how much the support he had received from his sister had been important while his brothers made fun of him and his ‘obsession’. For me, shorthand is a solitary activity even if I can share…
Hello, during the confinement, I had a look at the Anniversary manual — the English one — and tried to guess the meaning of the texts. An exercise a lot easier and less frustrating when you have the solutions. I didn’t finish the manual and I am not sure I have enough motivation to do…
Hello, some quotes from James Baldwin, famous American writer. Here are the original versions in English: You have to decide who you are and force the world to deal with you, not with its idea of you. Any real change implies the breakup of the world as one has always known it, the loss of…