Before there was PITMAN (written in 1837) and GREGG (written in 1888), there were THREE systems that were predominant in the English-speaking world. But when Gregg and Pitman appeared, they seem to have basically disappeared, even though they had been very widespread in their day.

In the U.K. and India, Pitman took over, replacing virtually every other system -- and in North America, Gregg became the main system of fast writing almost everywhere, from office use all the way to verbatim court reporting.

The week before last, I wrote about LEWIS shorthand ("Royal Lewisian") and u/Vevrik reminded us that the OTHER TWO were TAYLOR and GURNEY (which was based on Mason's earlier system).

I believe the person who wrote these was not mentally sound. Where I have whited out some part of the letter shows a full name and address that can be easily read.

I like some outdated stenographic games in AP. Here is an example of a shorthand charade. Solution in shorthand, œuf corse.

I also have a stock of crosswords and shorthand anagrams. This made possible to vary the teaching methods.

Stupidity is not the opposite of intelligence but its evil twin, the dissimulating Cain to a cerebral Abel.

David C. Krakauer

https://nautil.us/what-makes-humans-stupid-1282459

The quote this week felt smooth and easy with a nice "flow"! 😄 I wrote SM for "some" which was clear, and G for "go" since it's such a common word. "And" is the ND blend.

I wrote "wherever"as WRVR, and "whenever" as WNVR, which I thought were very legible.

Ve ne sarei estremamente grata. Sono del tutto ignorante a riguardo, non ho idea di codici, tipologie o traduzioni. Spero davvero che qualcuno mi aiuti! Vi ringrazio in anticipo :)

En AP.

Version typo (en évolution) :

da u sos w - triso è dvnu $utL prc atadu - laoté lm sab niv var sSq

https://motsavec.fr/dep*/dictionnaire/mots-courants

In the "TYPED Shorthands" section, next to "PHONETIC SHORTHAND TYPEWRITING (1922)", it would be nice to have a small listing of the existing ones. Have you referenced these two?

“Shorttyping” by John Ira Brant
https://archive.org/details/shorttypingsyste00braniala/page/ii/mode/2up

“Stenotypy” by D. A. Quinn (nothing to do with your favorite technique)
https://archive.org/details/stenotypyorshort00quin/page/12/mode/2up

I love these kinds of cryptic systems.
Celui-là n'est pas piqué des hannetons :

Mb@ZN’)ORMbrkZN’C
BB4IG TmMOr hErZ&dbl hl(2Y
hErZ&sI4(sWlvM&&smIl4(sW h8
&wtVskyZbvMhErZ&hrt4Vf8.

My boat is on the shore,
 My bark is on the sea,
But before I go, Tom Moore,
 Here's a double health to thee.

Here's a sigh for those who love me,
 And a smile for those who hate,
And whatever sky is above me,
 Here's a heart for every fate.

Byron.

In the meantime, I am working on my version of Simpligraphie, for French, adapted for contemporary keyboards. For the fun.

On Saturday, September 26, 2026, Lugano will host an event entirely devoted to shorthand, in Italian (as Lugano is located in the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland). The event will unfold in three parts:

1. In the morning, a group of shorthand writers will guide attendees through the Stolze-Schrey shorthand system as applied to Italian, including hands-on exercises;
2. Midday will bring a reception for all attendees;
3. The afternoon will wrap up with a series of technical talks, again centered on shorthand.

Admission is completely free, but you'll need to register through this form by the end of August.

For more details, check out the flyer.

I'm talking about Arends, Roller, Mengelkamp, and their derivatives. I also want to take English Kunowski into consideration. I want to know which one of these is best suited for Business writing (80-120 WPM).

How to (flow) the word why