Category: Anything Goes

I asked a friend (I think she’s about 50) who once learned Pitman: Why did you choose Pitman over one of the newer systems? Were you even aware of them? When you say “why did you choose,” do you mean when I was in England? When I learned shorthand, I actually took a crash course…

Some here recommended Cortez Peters’s book. Abebooks has some of his book with software. Has anyone tried it? Was it worth getting? Is the book alone worth it? It’s for my 9-year old son, who really doesn’t like practicing anything. The version of Mavis Beacon we have uses random letters, and the games aren’t tied…

http://www.slate.com/id/2188823/entry/2188824/ Stenographer disarms a defendant after the guy sneaked in a razor into court. (by michael_lisitsa for everyone)  

I need an ordered list of English spoken syllables. I found one once in the form of an old book made available online as a pdf. It had a list of the first few hundred syllables in order of use. But it did not state the exact frequency. And I don’t recall the link. Please…

We recently obtained a page of my husband’s deceased grandmother’s diary that has some type of shorthand on it. We think it may be Gregg Anniversary or Gregg Simplified, but aren’t sure. Can anyone please decipher this for us? I’d prefer that you email it to me rather than post it to the group (we’re…

OK, folks, I’ve followed the discussion on the main board about teaching shorthand “in your spare time for fun and profit.”  I taught Simplified in 1982 during my lunch hour to a class of 40 which shrunk to 3 by the time we ended theory. The problems:      It takes too darned long to learn…

Hi guys, http://www.openlibrary.org/details/manualofnaturals00mengiala I’m curious about this system–Natural Shorthand (aka Roller’s light-line phonography). It looks beautiful, is compact, stays on the line almost obsessively, and seems brief. Even seems to have a good pedigree, being an English adaptation of Heinrich Roller’s German system. My question for those of you who are into these obscure systems…

I’ve been reading the book “Fundamentals of Piano Practice”. (And people think I’m long-winded!!!) A lot of the advice carries over to shorthand. You are teaching your brain and muscles how to work together, quickly, for almost-repetitive moves. Here’s my interpretation. It’s not quite in the order in the book.: 1. Start by listening to…

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