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 was reading the Anniversary edition of the manual again, and I read how it had been adapted to Gaelic. The edition this was written in is the 1919 Anniversary manual. Can we be sure that the Irish edition is out of copyright by now, or may there be later editions?
This one’s for Phil, whose contributions here have been much appreciated. 🙂 Attachment: Functional Method Dictation – Teachers Handbook.pdf (by Paul for group greggshorthand)
I think it’s time to sum up my impressions of the Polish version of Gregg Shorthand, as I promised to Chuck couple months ago. I had spent several months carefully learning the rules of the system, preparing for them my right hand (I’m left-handed). However, if the graphic material of the system seems pretty good,…
The choice for this project was determined by the high regard in which the Functional Method is held—and by the great difficulty many have had in obtaining this essential volume. While used copies of the two main Anniversary texts are easily found, the Teacher’s Handbook is rarely available. The Handbook includes nine essays on the…
Attached is the key to the New and Revised Edition of the Gregg Shorthand Manual (1916). Attachment: key-1916-gregg-shorthand-manual.pdf
Andrew Owen’s site of course already covers the Reading and Dictation Practice drills, so the only thing useful here is the Writing Practice drills. If anyone is surprised to find a two-page key to the Most-Used Phrases Chart, that’s because later editions of the Manual evidently left out the 2nd page. Andrew has both pages…
I have recently begun getting into drawing vectors in Adobe Illustrator and learning the pen tool. It is very satisfying to be able to make images of logos, etc., that are defined according to their points and contour, so that when zoomed in, they never pixelate. Yesterday, I spent about thirty minutes drawing out the…
Hello. Surfing on the Internet for my own research about the history of shorthand I found such a book: http://www.archive.org/stream/scriptphonograph00maloiala#page/3/mode/1up It looks just like Gregg’s, but strokes/curves are matched to another consonants. But the rules, as just discussed circle rotation, look the same. It was first published at 1885. So, it looks like J. R….
I tried to post all of the links and details here, but this site won’t let me post everything. Here is a Facebook page link to work that I did to get a few Gregg Shorthand books digitized from library collections. So far, I paid to digitize: –The Sign of the Four (1919? The only…
Here is an example from the Anniversary Functional Method p204 (imagine the numbers in parenthesis look like footnotes): : Ray had a meal late in the day. Will Mary eat a meal in the train? Mary would take tea. Ray will claim Mary will(1) not eat a meal in the train. Her headache will delay…