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.
This entertaining story from Volume II of Short Stories Printed in the Elementary State of Pitman’s Shorthand New Era Edition is transcribed in Simplified Gregg by yours truly. A big thank you to Carmel Taylor for providing the English transcription. Attachment: by-a-thread.pdf
Song of the Sky is a book by American writer and pilot Guy Murchie that describes humanity’s exploration of the skies and space. This book excerpt, transcribed by me in Simplified Gregg, explains how birds have taught humans how to fly and how they play among man-made planes, thus seeming to enjoy the antics of…
A Hero: Philip’s Book is a novel by English writer Dinah Craik in which the protagonist, Philip Carew, tells his nephews his adventures to become a hero since childhood. In this part of the story, little Phil and his friends went exploring in the highlands and got into trouble. I transcribed it in Simplified Gregg…
From his book Walden, or Life in the Woods, here’s Thoreau’s adventure with a loon, transcribed by me in Simplified Gregg for the blog. Attachment: the-loon.pdf
From Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, here’s the Christmas Dinner scene of Bob Cratchit, Ebenezer’s Scrooge underpaid employee, in which his youngest son Tim, who is very ill, delivers one of the most poignant lines in the story. I transcribed this adaptation in Simplified Gregg for the blog. Attachment: tiny-tims-christmas-dinner.pdf
This interesting essay explores the origin of this ubiquitous bird and its name origin. I transcribed it in Simplified Gregg for the blog. Attachment: the-turkey.pdf
In this essay from his book The Age of Faith (Part 4 of The Story of Civilization), American historian Will Durant briefly describes the origins of the medieval practice of feudalism. I transcribed it for the blog in Simplified Gregg. Attachment: the-origins-of-feudalism.pdf
From Hendrik van Loon’s The Story of Mankind, a small selection about how the theater arts came about, transcribed by yours truly in Simplified Gregg. Attachment: the-origins-of-the-theatre.pdf
Here is a small essay about the history and functions of the National Weather Service, transcribed in Simplified Gregg by yours truly. Attachment: ask-the-weatherman.pdf
The following are excerpts from an address delivered on August 31, 1837 to the Phi Beta Kappa Society at Cambridge by Ralph Waldo Emerson and transcribed by me it in Simplified Gregg. Phi Beta Kappa’s literary quarterly magazine, The American Scholar, was named after the speech. Attachment: from-the-american-scholar.pdf