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.
June is the most popular wedding month; it derives its name from Juno, the Roman goddess of marriage. It was thought that couples who married in June would be blessed with prosperity and happiness. This article from Newser.com and written by me in DJS talks about four very unusual weddings. Attachment: strange-wedding-stories.pdf
I only took one year of DJS in high school. After the basic book (I had a Functional Method book) I was wondering if the next books Transcription, Dictation, and Speed Building have any new brief forms or other new “shortcuts” or are they just focused on transcribing properly and knowing proper punctuation and grammar and…
I got a copy of “Gregg Shorthand Structured Learning Method, Diamond Jubilee Series”, by Eleanor Skimin and Patsy McMurtrie. The book was published by McGraw-Hill in 1971, it is 216 pages long, and the shorthand (DJS) was written by Jerry Edelman. The book is divided in 28 lessons, plus three additional reinforcing lessons that review…
I’ve been looking at used shorthand books online and I’ve come across “Individual Progress Method,” “Structured Learning Method,” and “Programmed Gregg Shorthand, Experimental Edition.” Does anyone have any idea what the difference is in these books?
This Christmas-themed short story, written in Diamond Jubilee, was published in the December 1965 Today’s Secretary. Attachment: All_That_Listens.pdf
In trying to quantify how much difference there is between the outlines in Simplified, Diamond Jubilee and Notehand, I compared their outlines for 67 words that begin with the letter N; 16 of the words are written differently in DJS and/or Notehand compared to Simplified. This document shows the data (using a quirky system of…
I just happened to notice in “Speed Building for Colleges, Diamond Jubilee Series”, 1966, on page 473 the outline for the word “accident” is given as a-s. Have I missed something? That isn’t a DJS brief form, and it doesn’t appear in the DJS dictionary. The book doesn’t give any explanation that I can find,…