christmas | Gregg Shorthand

The Doll’s Wish

GeneralCarlos1 December 20220

This is a very nice Christmas story, here transcribed by me in Centennial Gregg. Attachment: the-dolls-wish.pdf

A Simple Bill of Fare for a Christmas Dinner

GeneralCarlos1 December 20224

From her book Bits About Home Matters, American poet Helen Hunt Jackson (H. H.) shares her ideas of what should be included in a Christmas dinner. I transcribed it in Anniversary for the blog. Attachment: a-simple-bill-of-fare-for-a-christmas-dinner.pdf

The Christmas Spruce Tree

GeneralCarlos1 December 20222

Here is a Norwegian Christmas legend, transcribed in Simplified Gregg by yours truly. Attachment: the-christmas-spruce-tree.pdf

Penmanship Practice – December 2022

GeneralCarlos1 December 20220

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Uncle Richard’s New Year Dinner

GeneralCarlos1 December 20217

From the author of Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery, here is one of her Christmas short stories. I transcribed it in Centennial Gregg for the blog. Attachment: uncle-richards-new-year-dinner.pdf

The Little Match Girl

GeneralCarlos1 December 20214

A classic Christmas story by Hans Christian Andersen, transcribed by yours truly in Anniversary Gregg. Attachment: the-little-match-girl.pdf

Papa Panov’s Special Christmas

GeneralCarlos1 December 20214

From the great Leo Tolstoy, a beautiful Christmas story, here transcribed in Simplified Gregg by yours truly. Attachment: papa-panovs-special-christmas.pdf

Penmanship Practice – December 2021

GeneralCarlos1 December 20210

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It Was the Calm and Silent Night

GeneralCarlos1 December 20202

A nice hymn by English statesman and poet Alfred Dommet, transcribed by yours truly for the blog in Centennial Gregg. Attachment: it-was-the-calm-and-silent-night.pdf

A Letter from Santa Claus

GeneralCarlos1 December 20202

This entertaining letter from the pen of Mark Twain was addressed to his daughter Susie. Here it is in Anniversary Gregg, transcribed by me for the blog. Attachment: a-letter-from-santa-claus.pdf

Lee 18 January 2023 at 4:17 am on batteriesYour outline of "batteries" is correct for both Simplified and Diamond Jubilee. As someone who learned DJS in the 1960s,
Nicholas Salkilld 15 January 2023 at 1:53 am on batteriesInteresting position of the S -- less entangled. I see the Anniversary avoided the 'employee' difficulty with the brief form.
Carlos 14 January 2023 at 4:32 pm on batteries It's very similar to how the word "employees" is written in Simplified and later series.
David Ludwig 14 January 2023 at 3:47 pm on batteriesIn the dictionary,the word "memory" is "mem-r-e", with no reverse-r loop, and I pronounce battery and memory very similarly. So
Tim Crowley 14 January 2023 at 1:09 pm on batteriesIf one is speaking American English, one pronounces “battery” with three syllables. I do not know how “battery” is pronounced
Lee 9 January 2023 at 7:40 pm on A Problem With AThere's a whole series of Gregg dictionaries, going back to the very beginning (almost) of the system. They're "official" in
Lee 9 January 2023 at 7:32 pm on A Problem With ALots of good answers here. One thing to remember is that Gregg shorthand doesn't aim to be a phonetic system
Dustin 8 January 2023 at 8:15 pm on A Problem With AMy wife laughs at me for constantly going around trying to pronounce random sounds. I can only imagine the looks
Tim Beech 8 January 2023 at 1:44 pm on A Problem With AI have a copy of the official Gregg dictionary, and it is invaluable. If in doubt, I will try a
Dustin 8 January 2023 at 12:05 pm on A Problem With AThanks for the great responses! TIL: that sound is a schwa. To your point Nicholas, the engineer in me wants
Caitlyn 8 January 2023 at 9:34 am on Forkner Shorthand?You might want to try posting this on r/shorthand too. I know there are a few people there who post
MysticMoon 8 January 2023 at 5:35 am on A Problem With ASearching for how Shorthand handles the schwa sound, I came across a previous question here: https://gregg-shorthand.com/2022/02/10/rules-for-writing-the-schwa-in-gregg-shorthand/
Nicholas Salkilld 8 January 2023 at 1:11 am on A Problem With AI think that when Gregg said that you write it as pronounced, he did so realising that he should not
Carlos 5 January 2023 at 2:49 pm on Down the Mountain – Part 1You're welcome!
Nicholas Salkilld 5 January 2023 at 12:34 pm on Down the Mountain – Part 1Thanks again. I never would have got "nubby", but had I thought of "x" (es=ex) I may have got the
Carlos 5 January 2023 at 12:05 pm on Down the Mountain – Part 1Ah, I forgot: p2c1l9 first outline: "nubby" p3c1l20 first outline: "inexorably" Not common words, I may add ...
Nicholas Salkilld 5 January 2023 at 12:13 am on Down the Mountain – Part 1Thanks Carlos. (Though I still have not got two out of the three that failed me. I got "practice".)
Carlos 4 January 2023 at 3:55 pm on Down the Mountain – Part 1I made the corrections; thanks for letting me know. Also, the outlines that you were unsure of were correct (I
Nicholas Salkilld 4 January 2023 at 9:19 am on Down the Mountain – Part 1Can't wait for the next part! There was a nice section with descriptive words of scenery at the end of
Carlos 2 January 2023 at 1:00 pm on Penmanship Practice – January 2023Yes, very unusual!