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Gregg Shorthand

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.

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Question about switching systems

GeneralMason Olsen18 June 202421

Does switching systems (for example im learning notehand right now) just involve learning new symbols and adding them to my arsenal, or does it involve completely relearning the whole thing and back to new basics? And can I slowly transition?

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    • Carlos 29 November 2025 at 3:11 pm on Gregg Shorthand Television Course?Well, you're ahead of me, 😂! I bought the pamphlet and was planning to write a post about it once
    • Nicholas Salkilld 28 November 2025 at 5:23 am on Noodler’s Pitman “Light Saber” fountain penInteresting but a bit weird. Might have been better to use black ink. I thought at first that with such
    • Lee 28 November 2025 at 4:13 am on Noodler’s Pitman “Light Saber” fountain penIt's a fascinating video. Lamy makes a "calligraphy pen" with a long barrel. I bought one years ago, and found
    • Carlos 27 November 2025 at 9:44 pm on Noodler’s Pitman “Light Saber” fountain penVery interesting. I don't think this particular pen will work for Gregg Shorthand because the nib is flexible, but if
    • Lee 23 November 2025 at 4:19 am on Types of notebooksThat's amazing detective work! Lots of glimpses into a world that doesn't exist any more. I had to look up
    • Erik 22 November 2025 at 9:14 pm on Types of notebooksThere is also this snippet from 1849 Reporter's Companion (Pitman's system) https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hnyx7a&seq=19 which suggests from the method of page turning
    • Erik 22 November 2025 at 8:51 pm on Types of notebooksAh interesting. My memory is once again spotty but IIRC correctly OP had claimed to be associated with some sort
    • Lee 22 November 2025 at 7:15 pm on Types of notebooksThat's the same image that someone asked about in the "Shorthand Writing" Facebook group. I don't think it's authentically from
    • Carlos 22 November 2025 at 2:59 pm on Types of notebooksNo worries, Erik. I edited the post. Images can only be embedded in comments by using links.
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    • Erik 22 November 2025 at 1:02 pm on Types of notebooksIf the Internet is to be believed, spiral bound notebooks like the standard steno pad didn’t appear until the 1920s
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