A speedbuilding technique

This is an article from 2009 from a world record holder on his speedbuilding technique: 360 Words Per Minute World Record Holder Shares Methods By Mark Kislingbury Mark Kislingbury, the setter of the Guinness World Record of 360 words per minute with 97.22% accuracy, shares his methods. “What does this champion speed writer say about…

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Any Eclectic Shorthand Writers in the Forum?

I received the following email. If you’re interested, please let me know and I will connect you with Connor. ————— When looking searching for sources related to eclectic shorthand I found this ancient conversation: http://gregg-shorthand.com/2005/09/25/cross-eclectic-shorthand/ I want to learn eclectic shorthand and extend it to include tonal speech as well as convert the theory to…

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An Experimental Study of Two Shorthand Systems

(PDF File) This 1937 thesis describes an experiment in which Gregg shorthand learners and Pitman shorthand students were carefully tested to compare how quickly the two systems can be learned. Many of the Gregg students achieved proficiency and were offered jobs before the experiment concluded. The Pitman students did not do so well, and that’s…

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Searching for

I am searching for Godfrey Deweys books. I have been trying to find them through Abebooks and other book selling sites. Have also been searching through Worldcat. I have found them on some libraries. In some of them the books are in reference dept. which means that i am required to visit. Since I am…

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Henry Sweet

I would like to ask this “hobby” question about his Current shorthand. Many a times I have been reading his book and trying to systematize his teaching (in my head only) since I am attracted to idea of reformed English alphabet. If there are people on this forum that have dropped an eye on his…

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Godfrey Dewey

Currently I am on lesson six of his Script Shorthand – basic text (thanks to Hathi trust). After a long period of procrastination I feel elated that I am learning (and using) shorthand. I have General Shorthand Teacher – book generally used next to a basic text. But unfortunately those two books are not synced….

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