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Gregg shorthand adaptations to other languages?

Anything GoesEmily24 May 20247

Hello, I was looking for resources and manuals for Gregg shorthand adaptations to other languages, specifically the languages Afrikaans, Esperanto, French, German, Hebrew, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Catalan, Thai, and Tagalog (these languages were mentioned on Wikipedia at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregg_shorthand#Adaptations). I’ve managed to find some materials for Chinese, Esperanto, French, German,…

Alice in Wonderland – Anniversary Edition – New Color Scan

GeneralCarlos26 August 20123

I created a brand new color scan of Alice in Wonderland 1931 Anniversary Edition and uploaded it to the Internet Archives library: http://archive.org/details/AliceInWonderland-PrintedInGreggShorthand-AnniversaryEdition It is much better quality than the version that I previously scanned and put on the Internet Archives Library. My earlier black and white scan was from a Xerox copy and was…

There are Now 37 Gregg Books and Docs on Internet Archives

GeneralCarlos20 April 20120

I just added the Raleigh Rainbows English Key to the Internet Archives Library. There are now 37 Gregg Shorthand Novels, Readers, and Manuals to be found at the link below: Internet Archives Gregg Shorthand Books (by Paul for group greggshorthand)

Do you know, offhand, anyone who knows shorthand?

GeneralCarlos12 March 20127

Article by published in the June 9, 2010 issue of the WSJ and referred to in this post, reprinted by ProQuest. (Unfortunately, pictures are not part of the transcription). Attachment: do-you-know-offhand-anyone-who-knows-shorthand.pdf

Gregg Newsletter – January 1949

GeneralCarlos19 February 201211

This excerpt from the January 1949 issue of the Gregg Newsletter shows the proposed brief forms in the new version of Gregg Shorthand that was to be released after Anniversary. It has some resemblance to Simplified Gregg, but it looks more like an Anniversary brief forms list. Attachment: gregg-newsletter-jan49-brief-forms-new-course.pdf

How to Read Gregg Pub Co Printers Codes – Revised

GeneralCarlos18 December 20116

Attached is a revised version of my earlier document explaining how to read Gregg Publishing Company printers codes to determine the year and month of the press run for a copy of a Gregg book. Originally, my investigation indicated that a month/year code (e.g. A-54) was used in the press run date segment of the…

Gregg Shorthand Font

GeneralCarlos10 December 201118

How To Determine Print Month and Year For Gregg Publishing Co Books

GeneralCarlos31 October 20110

http://www.archive.org/details/HowToDeterminePrintMonthAndYearForGreggPublishingCoBooks&reCache=1 Here is a new document I just put on the Internet Archive Library that explains how to determine the Print month and year for a copy of a book from the Gregg Publishing Company for 1914 through 1941. As you know, some of the Gregg Shorthand Manuals, Readers, and Novels had many press runs…

Sténographie Gregg

GeneralCarlos19 September 20110

This is a summary of Anniversary Gregg Shorthand in French prepared by one of our members. Attachment: Sténographie Gregg.pdf

Missing Pages Sept. 1937 Gregg Writer

GeneralCarlos3 January 20112

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Carlos 28 September 2024 at 5:09 pm on The Light of the FireflyThat's awesome, Susan, and thank you!
Susan Johnston 28 September 2024 at 4:43 pm on The Light of the FireflyLots of discussion here! I am thankful for Nikolas and Carlos working through things in this piece. I too had
Lee 27 September 2024 at 11:09 am on A Message for New MembersThere's a linkto the Esperanto manual here: https://greggshorthand.github.io/?fbclid=IwAR0qXSoYt63bI21B0M1unXsolbLzkYUwsx7uKxg6GgZvjTVvPUpO30vJGsU Lee
Aaron Desmond 27 September 2024 at 7:49 am on A Message for New MembersThanks Lee, I will have to check that out!
Carlos 26 September 2024 at 1:26 pm on The Light of the FireflyYou're welcome! That indeed would be true in Anniversary and earlier series and the separation would make the outline distinct;
Erik 26 September 2024 at 9:51 am on The Light of the FireflyIf I had to guess, "output" if written connected might be too easily confused with "accomplish" if the proportions were
Lee 25 September 2024 at 4:05 pm on A Message for New MembersThere are several of us who have an overlap with Gregg shorthand and Esperanto. There's even an early edition of
Carlos 25 September 2024 at 12:53 pm on A Message for New MembersWelcome to the blog, Aaron!
Aaron Desmond 25 September 2024 at 10:10 am on A Message for New MembersHello everyone! My name is Aaron. I became interested in learning shorthand for taking notes at work. I'm often talking
Carlos 10 September 2024 at 4:15 pm on The Light of the FireflyYou're welcome! I believe all issues of The Gregg Shorthand Magazine up to 1929 are public domain in the US
Nicholas Salkilld 10 September 2024 at 4:01 am on The Light of the FireflyWow! How long did it take to find that?! It shows clearly how it should look. But I think your
Carlos 10 September 2024 at 1:23 am on The Light of the FireflyI found the answer on page 273 of the June 1927 issue of The Gregg Shorthand Magazine, the UK equivalent
Nicholas Salkilld 8 September 2024 at 1:56 am on The Light of the FireflyI don't have the simplified Speed building so thank for the example. I can see in the S90 example that
Carlos 7 September 2024 at 2:41 pm on The Light of the Firefly"Output" is written separately in Simplified and DJS for clarity since "put" is a brief form. See below from page
Nicholas Salkilld 7 September 2024 at 1:24 am on The Light of the FireflyThanks Carlos. Interesting about "out-". The -p and -b joinings seem awkward. I looked in my simplified dictionary and they
Carlos 6 September 2024 at 9:07 pm on The Light of the FireflyI'm glad you liked it. For some reason, since there were so many instances of "light", I ended up swapping
Nicholas Salkilld 6 September 2024 at 9:03 am on The Light of the FireflyWell that was interesting. I didn't know that owls sometimes luminesced. Nor that glow worms ate, rather gruesomely, snails. And
Lee 31 August 2024 at 3:04 am on Question: phonetic vs alphabetic notehandAnother thought related to your question is the purpose of Gregg shorthand. It was developed as a practical tool for
Mason Olsen 28 August 2024 at 8:07 pm on Question: phonetic vs alphabetic notehandthx this helps!
Carlos 27 August 2024 at 3:20 pm on Question: phonetic vs alphabetic notehandGregg Shorthand is not entirely phonetic, as this would mean a different dictionary for each and every accent. However, it