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

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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

Carlos 1 December 2023 at 1:28 pm on À Paris !You're welcome! I'm glad you're feeling much better and that you liked this story. The author spent a year in
Christine Ruzik 1 December 2023 at 7:29 am on À Paris !I'm feeling much better now. Thank you Carlos! :) Well, well… what an unusal story… A true story? Feel like
Carlos 30 November 2023 at 1:07 pm on Compilation of “Internet Archive” Shorthand ResourcesThis is excellent, Madeline! I would add that there are additional Simplified and Diamond Jubilee resources for electronic borrowing than
Lee 30 November 2023 at 8:52 am on Compilation of “Internet Archive” Shorthand ResourcesThat's a really nice compilation! The Gregg Publishing Company was so prolific it's hard to get a handle on all
Carlos 29 November 2023 at 11:43 am on À Paris !You're welcome, Christine, and I hope you're feeling better.
Christine Ruzik 29 November 2023 at 9:06 am on À Paris !Thank you very much, Carlos for this new French Gregg text! It’s very nice of you. :) I will read
Lee 29 November 2023 at 5:22 am on A Message for New MembersI agree, French Gregg materials are really scarce. That's a bit puzzling, because they were surely printed in significant quantities
Carlos 25 November 2023 at 6:49 pm on Our 7-Mile Dive to Bottom – Part 2You're welcome! Indeed, I hope to be as productive as he ever was in my late years!
Carlos 25 November 2023 at 11:22 am on Foreign words in Gregg (Anniversary/Notehand)Nasal vowels are written with the n stroke. The German ch is simply k with the h dot on top
Nicholas Salkilld 25 November 2023 at 9:06 am on Our 7-Mile Dive to Bottom – Part 2Thanks Carlos, Very interesting article about him. I hope I'll be as agile in mind and body at his age.
Carlos 24 November 2023 at 4:41 pm on Why not um, eng, ing, ung, enk, ink?You're welcome!
Carlos 24 November 2023 at 11:06 am on Our 7-Mile Dive to Bottom – Part 2Thanks for letting us know about his recent passing: he had just turned 92 on November 2 and passed away
Emily Peng 24 November 2023 at 8:48 am on Why not um, eng, ing, ung, enk, ink?Thank you.
Nicholas Salkilld 24 November 2023 at 8:41 am on Our 7-Mile Dive to Bottom – Part 2As a follow up to this article: On BBC radio at 16:00 GMT on Fridays is a program called "last
Carlos 23 November 2023 at 11:07 pm on Why not um, eng, ing, ung, enk, ink?Exactly. The en-, in-, and un- are treated and written separately because they are considered as prefixes (en-, in-, un-)
Lee 23 November 2023 at 7:07 pm on Why not um, eng, ing, ung, enk, ink?Often the structure of the word is a factor in how an outline is written. The proununciation is en-gross, not
Emily Peng 23 November 2023 at 7:00 pm on Why not um, eng, ing, ung, enk, ink?Thanks for the reply, but I think you were a bit confused about the second part, sorry if I wasn't
Christine Ruzik 23 November 2023 at 9:30 am on A Message for New MembersWelcome, Marielle! :) I’m one of the few francophones Carlos was talking about. I’m sure Carlos explained to you there
Carlos 22 November 2023 at 12:07 pm on A Message for New MembersWelcome to the blog, Marielle! There are a few francophones here that also write Sténographie Gregg. Glad to have you
Carlos 22 November 2023 at 10:21 am on Why not um, eng, ing, ung, enk, ink?How would you distinguish between "empire" and "umpire"? "Ember" and "umber"? My guess is that this rule was not extended