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.
How do you turn pages in a shorthand notebook? Are you a “flipper” or a “clutcher”? Is there a right way? Which is faster? Read this article from the April 1951 issue of Today’s Secretary to find out! Attachment: turning-over-a-new-leaf.pdf
I would love to know a couple of things: how fast do you write right now? What was your fastest? What version do you write? I will go first. Right now i am probably around 40-60 wpm. My fastest is probably around 80 wpm. I write Anni.
This very nice postcard is up for bids on eBay. Miss Little’s penmanship is very good!
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…
There are 33 dictations in this set, ranging from 100, 110 and 120 wpm. This set does not correspond with any particular shorthand system. There is no copyright or rights-reserved mark anywhere in the set– indeed, there is nothing at all that indicates in what year this was produced, other than the dated photos (i.e….
Many thanks to Howard for sending these records so I could digitize them! There are 30 dictation recordings in this set that range from 40 to 80 wpm. There is no copyright or rights-reserved mark anywhere in the set– indeed, there is nothing at all that indicates in what year this was produced, other than…
I’m having trouble seeing the difference between the e stroke and the small loop that represents ye (in Simplified). Am I right in believing “year” and “yesterday” begin with e, while “yes” and “yeast” begin with the ye loop? In yo- words like yacht, yoga, yolk (in the Simplified dictionary) the first stroke looks very…
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?
I’m considering doing a video on how to write newly arrived words in Gregg Shorthand. Words like “e-mail” and “internet” that entered our vocabularies after most of the available shorthand dictionaries were written. What modern words do you encounter that might be good to include?
I constructed the linked spreadsheet from the reverse dictionary, by unknown author, provided by “Cricket”, that Rich Harrison pointed out last month. Editable spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1d6E1f3Orm_VGh-dNjs76tNFE4do_30NROGpgn9d0m4g/edit?usp=sharing Simpler web-viewable spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1d6E1f3Orm_VGh-dNjs76tNFE4do_30NROGpgn9d0m4g/pubhtml Basically, it’s a square table, whose axes are all the morphemes listed by Cricket for their reverse dictionary of Anni-Gregg. My goal was to make a…