Rafael Ballarin | Gregg Shorthand

My journey on speedbuilding – Leite Alves method (Brazilian Portuguese)

GeneralRafael Ballarin18 May 202013

I’ve been enjoying this forum so much because of the diversity of languages, methods and resources regarding shorthand. I’m 28 years old and I’ve started studying shorthand on April 22nd, 2019, when I finally decided to become a legislative reporter in the Brazilian National Congress. As you might expect, very few people qualify for teaching…

Carlos 2 March 2021 at 12:49 pm on DEM-TEN blend vs. DMaybe you're writing the initial part of the curve already slanted to the right and are trying to catch up at
Christine Ruzik 2 March 2021 at 8:49 am on DEM-TEN blend vs. DHello Aymeric, I never had this problem but, on the other hand, I have never been in stressful conditions… I
Carlos 1 March 2021 at 5:54 pm on We Revived the Lost Art of CallingYou're welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Susan Johnston 1 March 2021 at 4:50 pm on We Revived the Lost Art of CallingWonderful! I must say carburetor and lawn mower threw me for a minute, but extremely entertaining and an important message
Carlos 24 February 2021 at 11:51 am on A Message for New MembersExcellent Suy, and welcome to the blog!
AngelaM 24 February 2021 at 5:34 am on A Message for New MembersHi Suy - We are so happy to have new people learning Gregg! I used it all through my university
Suy C 24 February 2021 at 4:21 am on A Message for New MembersHey everyone! I'm Suy and I'm a soon-to-be university student. I stumbled upon the shorthand community a while ago and
Carlos 18 February 2021 at 12:00 pm on Placing the reverse R-circles above or below the following lineYou're welcome!
Aymeric de Poyen 18 February 2021 at 11:20 am on Placing the reverse R-circles above or below the following lineI see now, thanks Carlos for clearing this up for me.
Carlos 18 February 2021 at 10:40 am on Placing the reverse R-circles above or below the following lineExactly. Whether you put the circle over or under the line is just a way of positive identification and has
Aymeric de Poyen 18 February 2021 at 8:12 am on Placing the reverse R-circles above or below the following lineOn second thought, maybe I misconstrued the modified back-and-forth circle as being a way to not curve the strokes, while
Aymeric de Poyen 18 February 2021 at 3:45 am on Placing the reverse R-circles above or below the following lineThank you Carlos for your answer, but I’m confused. As I understand it, the paragraph warns against the risk of curving
Carlos 17 February 2021 at 2:22 pm on Placing the reverse R-circles above or below the following lineThis is just a matter of practice and habit. It is not difficult to do, and once you do it
Washbear 16 February 2021 at 3:17 pm on Tale from a Log Mill – 1916 Pre-anniversary ShorthandThank you! I don't know how I missed this until now! I enjoyed seeing the penmanship-- it was really nice
Christine Ruzik 15 February 2021 at 11:42 pm on -stic, -tiqueFor “pratique” and “critique”, I think it’s just a lack of habit. Don’t forget that to write disjoined prefixes, you
Carlos 15 February 2021 at 12:27 pm on -stic, -tiqueThere are some unofficial Spanish Gregg adaptations that use the disjoined a circle for both -stic and -tic without problems.
Aymeric de Poyen 15 February 2021 at 12:11 pm on E in re-Thank you Carlos! That makes sense.
Aymeric de Poyen 15 February 2021 at 12:10 pm on -stic, -tiqueThank you Christine! I probably still lack fluency to tell, but at least for now it takes me more time
Carlos 14 February 2021 at 4:57 pm on E in re-Yes, the accented e is written in re- when followed by downstroke in English Anniversary. In French Anniversary, this was
Christine Ruzik 14 February 2021 at 5:08 am on -stic, -tiqueFor 1/, I think that “pratique” and “critique” are short enough without needing prefixes… For 2/, sure “stique” and “tique”