Pitman Shorterhand was the "infant" version of Pitman ; it was a vastly simplified version of Pitman New Era the apogee of the system , designed to be taught in classrooms in a half-year rather than the standard one-year.
Today, the system is taught in a mere 60 hours of instruction. It's pretty easy to learn. Short forms are kept to a bare minimum. It was a good system for amanuensis but not designed for verbatim recording; the closest Gregg equivalent was probably DJS. Further refinements brought about the Pitman that is still widely taught in the Commonwealth.
Yes, he wasn't trying very hard to be fair there, was he? But besides indiscriminate use of the word "scientific" which seems to have been popular back then , he wasn't trying very hard to be seriously empirical either.
It's mostly anecdotes and quotations. I think the book is interesting for Gregg's own theory, how he sees the system fitting together. Information on this topic is sketchy; I've had to piece it together from several different sources. Here's a rough guide:.
Pre This era was far too complex to summarize here!! It would take pages to explain it all. This was less a revision of theory than it was a revision of teaching. You will notice that, during the 70s and 80s, both Pitman versions ran concurrently. Pitman was aimed at secretaries while Pitman New Era was aimed at journalists and court reporters in the Commonwealth. I have only found two schools that still teach it.
It's still widely used in India, however, for court reporting. Apropos Dr. Gregg's tome—despite the flaws in his work, he did have three or four formidable points.
It's to the Pitman people's credit that several issues were addressed, which led to Pitman New Era two years later….
If any forummate who reads this has further information on the evolution of Pitman, I'd be much obliged to hear from you. You must be logged in to post a comment. Skip to content What is the difference between Pitman and Gregg? Which one should I learn? Here's an opinion from a Pitman writer-to-be.
Log in to Reply. Bwa ha ha! During the 4th century BC, the Greeks devised a number of symbol systems which reduced letters to a single stroke and which could also be used to represent common words, suffixes and prefixes.
Such systems are generally referred to as stenography narrow writing , brachygraphy short writing or tachygraphy swift writing. One shorthand system popular with the Romans was Tironian Notes or Notae Tironianae , which was invented by Cicero's secretary Tiro in order to record Cicero's speeches.
It used a combination of simplified letters and special symbols and was used in Europe in various forms until the Middle Ages. In the Running script some of the strokes that make up characters are joined and others are left out. In the Draft script each character is written with a single continuous stroke and there is considerable variation in how this is done. As a result, the Draft script is very difficult to read without special training.
Attempts have been made to standardise the way the characters are written in the Draft script but they have not met with popular acclaim. There are a number of different shorthand systems currently in use. The most popular ones include:.
Pitman Shorthand was devised by Sir Isaac Pitman and was first published in Over the years is has been gradually improved and has been also adapted for 15 different languages. The system was widely used in the UK and USA by secretaries, reporters and writers, but lost popularity with the invention of pocket tape recorders. All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.
They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This makes it one of the plus points of Pitman — because words can be written without vowels.
The issue is really about speed. The fastest system should be the best. An American national shorthand competition in found Gregg was slightly ahead of Pitman. By , the rise of the stenotype machine kicked the butts of both systems. A bunch of kids at a shorthand competition managed to beat highly experienced Gregg and Pitman shorthand writers.
By , the lesson was learnt and courtrooms practically worldwide replaced shorthand writers with stenotypists. In the ordinary life of office work, Pitman is still the default in nearly all countries. I think Gregg is easier but my late father was a Pittman whiz…. He was an NYPD detective, and he would use it during interrogations, interviews and just to record descriptions of people he spoke with in person or on the phone. He had stacks and stacks of shorthand notebooks, all labeled with dates and times.
Then he would transcribe them on a Royal manual typewriter at wpm — No lie, and no exaggeration. My father was extraordinary in many, many ways art, construction, musical abilities, and tons more , but as a kid I was in awe of his shorthand and typing skills. I still am, as far look back. You are commenting using your WordPress.
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