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.
Part one: I appreciated the recent WWII diary post by @AngelaM because it was “messy” shorthand. Being new to shorthand I truly appreciate the well written exemplars to be found on this site and in textbooks. If you are going to learn something you have to know what “right” looks like. But I greatly appreciated…
Hello all. I’ve been wondering about this particular point. In Gregg Shorthand, are there any consistent rules with what vowel to use to represent the schwa (i.e., the ⟨a⟩ in about /əˈ baʊt/)? For example, in the word about, the schwa is represented with an a in Gregg. In camera (/ˈkæməɹə/), the schwa is represented by…
I would like to know the names of all the letters in Gregg Shorthand. If anyone could tell me or link to a list of the names, I would greatly appreciate it.
Hello all! I feel sort of weird asking this, but I’ve always felt that the one resource that would help the most, that I’ve never found, is a video of someone writing in shorthand. I’m studying Anniversary Gregg, and I was hoping that someone would humour me by providing one! I feel like a…
Since I took up pre-anniversary Gregg shorthand a couple months ago, I have been using it in my daily life instead of longhand. At the moment, I have not done much dictation, since I have not put much emphasis on speed yet, only correctness of theory, but have tested my ability to take dictation, and…
I have been recently reading Lesley Cowan’s biography of John Robert Gregg and I have been finding it quite interesting. One of the things that it has sparked an interest in, is the teaching methods for Gregg shorthand, when it was still being taught in schools and colleges. What I am not sure about is…
I recently purchased several issues of “The Gregg Writer” from 1930s and 1940s. I removed the pages that were of interest to me, and scanned them for my files. They contain a wealth of information, such as theory, word drills, phrasing principles, court reporting, etc. The incomplete issues are: May 1934, October 1938, December 1938…
I’ve retypeset the Q’s and A’s of Shorthand Theory. I’ve added hyperlinks to the contents. There are some spacing issues that I haven’t figured out yet. I’ve added some forms that I wrote (page 91), but I’m not sure of the best way to go about this. What do you think? qa-shorthand.pdf Edit: updated post…
Does anyone know the fonts used in the various Gregg publications, for instance the Gregg Writer, the Pre-Anniversary and Anniversary manuals, the Q’s and A’s of Shorthand Theory?
The Q’s and A’s of Shorthand Theory mentions the expression he-was-in-there (answer 65). How would this expression be written? With a jog between n and th?