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Lee 18 January 2023 at 4:17 am on batteriesYour outline of "batteries" is correct for both Simplified and Diamond Jubilee. As someone who learned DJS in the 1960s,
Nicholas Salkilld 15 January 2023 at 1:53 am on batteriesInteresting position of the S -- less entangled. I see the Anniversary avoided the 'employee' difficulty with the brief form.
Carlos 14 January 2023 at 4:32 pm on batteries It's very similar to how the word "employees" is written in Simplified and later series.
David Ludwig 14 January 2023 at 3:47 pm on batteriesIn the dictionary,the word "memory" is "mem-r-e", with no reverse-r loop, and I pronounce battery and memory very similarly. So
Tim Crowley 14 January 2023 at 1:09 pm on batteriesIf one is speaking American English, one pronounces “battery” with three syllables. I do not know how “battery” is pronounced
Lee 9 January 2023 at 7:40 pm on A Problem With AThere's a whole series of Gregg dictionaries, going back to the very beginning (almost) of the system. They're "official" in
Lee 9 January 2023 at 7:32 pm on A Problem With ALots of good answers here. One thing to remember is that Gregg shorthand doesn't aim to be a phonetic system
Dustin 8 January 2023 at 8:15 pm on A Problem With AMy wife laughs at me for constantly going around trying to pronounce random sounds. I can only imagine the looks
Tim Beech 8 January 2023 at 1:44 pm on A Problem With AI have a copy of the official Gregg dictionary, and it is invaluable. If in doubt, I will try a
Dustin 8 January 2023 at 12:05 pm on A Problem With AThanks for the great responses! TIL: that sound is a schwa. To your point Nicholas, the engineer in me wants
Caitlyn 8 January 2023 at 9:34 am on Forkner Shorthand?You might want to try posting this on r/shorthand too. I know there are a few people there who post
MysticMoon 8 January 2023 at 5:35 am on A Problem With ASearching for how Shorthand handles the schwa sound, I came across a previous question here: https://gregg-shorthand.com/2022/02/10/rules-for-writing-the-schwa-in-gregg-shorthand/
Nicholas Salkilld 8 January 2023 at 1:11 am on A Problem With AI think that when Gregg said that you write it as pronounced, he did so realising that he should not
Carlos 5 January 2023 at 2:49 pm on Down the Mountain – Part 1You're welcome!
Nicholas Salkilld 5 January 2023 at 12:34 pm on Down the Mountain – Part 1Thanks again. I never would have got "nubby", but had I thought of "x" (es=ex) I may have got the
Carlos 5 January 2023 at 12:05 pm on Down the Mountain – Part 1Ah, I forgot: p2c1l9 first outline: "nubby" p3c1l20 first outline: "inexorably" Not common words, I may add ...
Nicholas Salkilld 5 January 2023 at 12:13 am on Down the Mountain – Part 1Thanks Carlos. (Though I still have not got two out of the three that failed me. I got "practice".)
Carlos 4 January 2023 at 3:55 pm on Down the Mountain – Part 1I made the corrections; thanks for letting me know. Also, the outlines that you were unsure of were correct (I
Nicholas Salkilld 4 January 2023 at 9:19 am on Down the Mountain – Part 1Can't wait for the next part! There was a nice section with descriptive words of scenery at the end of
Carlos 2 January 2023 at 1:00 pm on Penmanship Practice – January 2023Yes, very unusual!