My favorite Gregg shorthand symbols

This was written for this month's Bearblog Carnival. Thanks to Kami for hosting this event! Gregg shorthand may be an obsolete writing system today, but it was among the important subjects that I learned in my office administration course. As one of my professors said, it was intended to be used for legal and medical transcription. Although I am becoming rusty in writing shorthand, I can still remember the alphabet (which uses symbols that are equivalent to different sounds) and some short forms. A handwritten guide for Gregg shorthand symbols, compound forms, and vowel markings. Gregg shorthand symbols a e i s/z f v s/z p b o r l u k g n m men t d ted/tid; det/dit sh ch j th ten; den tem; dem th ent; end emt; emd h ng ngk def-v; dif-v; -tive jent-d; pent-d x (ending only) Compounds qua que quo au eu ea ia Vowel markings a ah ai/ei e/i eh ee o ow; aw oh u oo [short] oo [long] This shorthand writing system was developed in 1888 by John Robert Gregg, an Irish-American educator who…