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.
I’ve been going against the grain slightly by not using the same ending for “-y” as my manual does in words like Navy. The book likes to use the symbol for the short Ĭ as in “Bin.” I like to use the long ē as in “bean.” Now I know it may not really matter which ending I…
As I said in my introduction, I am very new to shorthand and maybe just haven’t come across this in the manual yet, but I am curious – what symbol is used to make the “W” sound in words like water, wait, when, etc. Ginny
I read this article and thought it was interesting and thought I’d share it with the group. How To Write 225 Words Per Minute
Dear Friends, I am a beginner and this is my first post. I have searched for the answer to my question, but haven’t been able to find it yet. I am working from the Gregg Shorthand Simplified for Colleges, Vol 1 and just starting to get into the Reading Practice sets that are not…
A lesson in the lost technology of shorthand Here’s a fantastic article from The Atlantic published yesterday by a journalist who’s a modern Gregg writer! www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/06/yeah-i-still-use-shorthand-and-a-smartpen/373281/
I was contacted by a student finishing her master’s degree in Art History who is studying the development and impact of Winifred Kenna Richmond’s shorthand plates, specifically those used for the Anniversary Gregg Shorthand Readers. She will like to share her findings with others. Unfortunately, when I tried to reply to her email, it has…
Hi, I was just thinking that I would like to look at a copy of Gregg shorthand in German. Does anyone know if there is a digital copy on the internet somewhere (besides the pages at angelfishy) that can be downloaded as a pdf or is there anyone who has one who would be willing…
In Frick and Vietti’s /Talk and Take Gregg Shorthand/, on the last page headed “Short Forms for High Speed Writing” there are some abbreviated forms for highly common words. Make : m-a; Take: t-a; Taken: t-a-n. I’m wondering a bit about phrasing possibilities for these, and derivatives. ‘To make’ should be tm-a, possibly confusable with…
If anyone wants to transcribe the attached poem and send it to lsurridg@uvic.ca, please feel free. I could read the first few lines and thought it would be enough for her to find the original poem but I was wrong. She wants the whole thing transcribed and I’m having trouble with a few words.
Hi everybody: I will be thankful if anyone can help me with the transcription of this text written in Gregg. Thanks in advance, Osvaldo