Does anybody still write in shorthand?

[kay]

Yep, took a year of shorthand in high-school because I thought it would help me take notes in college. It didn't and I never used it again.

But, to this day, I can write "Dear Mr. Jones" in Gregg shorthand. And that's ALL I remember.......

I'm 75, I took shorthand in school and vo tech. To this day I still know most of the alphabet sounds. I loved it, it was great for quickness when you needed it. It was gorgeous with all the dots, curly swipes, curves circles...lol. I still catch myself imaging shorthand in my head with certain words. Like January or December, April. I don't remember everything but enough that I can use the basics.

 

[officerripley]

I'm rusty at it but I think I remember most of it. Do you do Gregg or Pitman? I was Gregg.

 

[Olivia]

My boss for many years was competent on computers and typed his own letters and meeting notes. Otherwise he quickly
dictated onto a tape which l then typed out.

 

[Twostep]

I still use bits of short hand. It was a good way to keep my notes at work private.

 

[fuzzybuddy]

What do those clerks use to record testimony in court? In the old "Perry Mason" shows the court reporter had machine that had a slim roll of paper, like a cash register receipt.

 

[Twostep]

What do those clerks use to record testimony in court? In the old "Perry Mason" shows the court reporter had machine that had a slim roll of paper, like a cash register receipt.

 

[debodun]

My mom could, but it looked like Arabic to me.

 

[Paladin1950]

I'm fully trained to write in long hand.

One may create their own short hand. If I'm taking notes from something. I may right B4 for before. Or C for see. 8 for ate. 2 for to or too.

 

[Marcy Sheiner]

I took shorthand as a college freshman, and fell in love immediately. To me it's like translating a language. Based on this passion, I decided to "become" a secretary. So on my first job my bosses taught me how they liked their coffee and how to use their dictaphones, and they never dictated even one letter to me. I hated secretarial work, but to this day I frequently visualize the Gregg symbols for some words and phrases. Mind you, I was 17 when I learned it and now I am 78.

 

[Ted51]

Nobody under the age of 65 uses a pen or pencil and paper anymore....

Good thing I am over 65 then. I like using a fountain pen. On paper, of course.

 

[Inept]

When I was in school, girls were steered toward 'secretarial' work- typing, and something called Greg shorthand (?). Is shorthand still taught?

Stenographers still do, I think. When I was at university I took quick notes at lectures by leaving out the vowels. Does that count as shorthand?

 

[Inept]

When I was in school, girls were steered toward 'secretarial' work.....

Ann Sothern. "Susie".

 

[oldman]

My sister started out using a stenotype machine and working with the FBI in Washington, but later left to work in the County Court system. Better pay and better benefits, plus a year end bonus. She’s retired now, but she was very good at shorthand and typing. She was offered to be the Court’s Office Manager, but refused the job because it was salaried and many late hours.

 

[Warrigal]

Nobody under the age of 65 uses a pen or pencil and paper anymore....

That's true, but my eldest grandson taught himself to use a keyboard to write shorthand to transcribe court proceedings. He could also record parliamentary proceedings in real time.

 

[AnneTeak]

I could get it all down, but couldn't read a word of it.
my mother wrote all her recipes in shorthand. no one could read it so we had to throw them out.