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Does anyone know about writing classic novels in Gregg shorthand?

Mark Graham @marky7 (563) • Independence, Louisiana 17 Mar 20

I am interested in 'The Scarlet Pimpernel' in shorthand maybe even 'Madame Bovary'. I know that to do this the book has to be in the public domain, but does anyone know of a publisher that will pay me to write this kind of book?...

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It seems I Forgotten My Lessons

[eds] @ZedSmart (19839) • Philippines 14 Nov 19

One Facebook user under my Friend’s list posted a short note in Stenography. I tried to translate the note because I learned short hand words and phrases before but I was surprise because I was not able to read the whole content...

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New Job

Mark Graham @marky7 (563) • Independence, Louisiana 22 Jul 16

I was just hired as a believe it or not a shorthand instructor for an online teaching site. I start training in two weeks to learn how to setup my online classroom. I learned shorthand during high school and believe or not I...

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vathsala @vathsala30 (3732) • India 1 Sep 09

when i was working in an office before computers are introduced in the market, we used to take dictations given by our Boss in Shorthand and type it in the Typewriters and get it signed by our employer and despatched to the...

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These people bored me today

@mayka123 @mayka123 (17083) • India 12 Dec 08

I had some sales people in my office who sat in front of me and bored me with their talks. They just refused to get up and go. I had my note book in front of me and kept making notes in shorthand...they could not understand what I...

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Does anyone use shorthand anymore?

momiecat @momiecat (997) • United States 23 Aug 08

I know I am dating myself by asking this question but I learned to write Gregg shorthand when I was in school. I am now middle age and I still remember how to write shorthand and like to use it from time to time. I mostly use it...

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Does anyone remember stenography?

dragon54u @dragon54u (31633) • United States 20 Mar 08

I took that in high school in 1971-72. I was really good at it! However, after a work-study program, I never used it again because executives began using dictaphones. I got really good at taking dictation from that, it was great...

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If you took Shorthand in school or college...

claudia413 @claudia413 (4280) • United States 30 Aug 07

how did you use it after you learned it? I used it in every job I've held over the past 47 years. When I was in school, I used it to write down and learn the words to every new song on the radio. This really helped pick up my...

used at work and other ways

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Cn u ndrstnd ths?

w1z111 @w1z111 (985) • United States 16 Apr 07

F u cn ndrstnd ths, u r fmlr wth th nu abrviatd splg so comn tday. I'm nt sur i kno hw 2 use it myslf, bt i thnk it's jst typng th mnmum ltrs rquird 2 gt th msg acros, no?Kno wht i mn? Wht do u thnk?

abbreviated spelling

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Anyone still know how to write in Sorthand?..

raijin @raijin (10345) • Philippines 23 Feb 07

I learned way back in high school, though I already forgotten some of it, I know I can still read and right some. Plus, I do still have my book and manual of it!;) So do anybody here still practice writing in shorthand? I'm...

gregg shorthand

shorthand writing

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Is Shorthand Still Used Today?

Brian @wolfie34 (26770) • United Kingdom 1 Feb 07

Can you do short-hand? Is short-hand a dying art, can you do short-hand. It is an amazing talent, I wish I knew it, but is there any point in learning it in this day and age? Can you teach yourself, or do you have to go to...

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angelina18 @angelina18 (69) • India 20 Dec 06

why is shorthand called so??

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Shorthand versus longhand

Kylalynn @Kylalynn (1771) • South Africa 13 Dec 06

Is shorthand still used in the workfield. I have not anything about it lately. It was one of my subjects at school, but I have not kept it up. It was quite a boring subject, very repetitive. We learnt the pitmans version.

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Does computer shorthand bother anyone else?

zuri25 @zuri25 (2125) • United States 26 Oct 06

It irks me when people type things like ur (your), b4 (before), eva (ever), etc.

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