tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881842661768630727.post7412552454644544985..comments2023-06-27T03:23:48.156-07:00Comments on Manual Entry: old booksnotagainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02915679111849352765noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881842661768630727.post-57200117221720705802012-09-10T08:14:40.299-07:002012-09-10T08:14:40.299-07:00That's interesting. I only knew from a line i...That's interesting. I only knew from a line in Bob Hope's "My Favorite Brunette" (1947) that it was still around after the war, not how long it stayed around in England. I've meant to try it but I'm torn between that and practicing the Gregg I had learned already. I thought it would be a good way of doing NaNo, write in shorthand and transcribe on typewriters.notagainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02915679111849352765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881842661768630727.post-40318410161269390532012-09-10T04:22:09.080-07:002012-09-10T04:22:09.080-07:00Actually that is not so in England - Pitman shorth...Actually that is not so in England - Pitman shorthand was the norm. I never could do it...French Nannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00750253554082096392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881842661768630727.post-90894763677341971232012-09-10T02:56:48.885-07:002012-09-10T02:56:48.885-07:00Old books are so cool.
It is sad that so many li...Old books are so cool. <br />It is sad that so many libraries junk old books and the subject matter gets lost. The reason I like Project Gutenberg and GoogleBooks. At least someone is working to preserve historic books.<br /><br />I never learned shorthand. Then when I got to college I wish I had.Bill Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14649212489891769390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881842661768630727.post-56622010546207084782012-09-09T21:07:23.053-07:002012-09-09T21:07:23.053-07:00Old books...so tasty! I never learned shorthand, ...Old books...so tasty! I never learned shorthand, but would benefit from it. I enjoy seeing competitive natural selection at work. It's amazing how many ideas and brands have migrated to the dustbin of history.Dwayne F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07032059161503386028noreply@blogger.com