tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post3452050222369677521..comments2024-03-25T15:02:25.695+11:00Comments on oz.Typewriter: On This Day in Typewriter History (LXXIII)Robert Messengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04366507489948676594noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-74842161342356371692011-08-15T09:12:12.375+10:002011-08-15T09:12:12.375+10:00Thank you notagain and Richard for your comments. ...Thank you notagain and Richard for your comments. I found it very interesting that rather than being two separate if associated things, shorthand writing and touch typing were connected in this way, through this couple. It gave me a good topic for a presentation the next day, to a group of women who had learned shorthand and touch typing as schoolgirls in the 50s.Robert Messengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04366507489948676594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-64996204990886611172011-08-04T02:43:13.208+10:002011-08-04T02:43:13.208+10:00More amazing research. Well done.More amazing research. Well done.Richard Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16232053429935587826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-64679134190119717342011-08-03T04:03:54.880+10:002011-08-03T04:03:54.880+10:00Finally a topic I can add to! I have a later Manu...Finally a topic I can add to! I have a later Manual of Phonography, which I tried to learn. It turned out to be impractical because it relies on light and heavy lines to distinguish similar sounds. That's why the more uniform Gregg system replaced it.<br />Pitman shorthand is mentioned in a Bob Hope movie, "My Favorite Brunette," I think it was.notagainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02915679111849352765noreply@blogger.com