Shorthand writing on old photo?

[Lydart]

Its donkeys years since I last wrote or read Pitmans shorthand, but my feeling is that there aren't enough straight strokes in this sample; Pitmans is about 50/50 straight and curved, and with less dots.   

The sample of Greggs on google are more like this than Pitmans .... but .... 

[youngtug]

I thought it may have been a Indian language such has Telugu ; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telugu_alphabet  but I am not so sure, anyway, have a look here for some more;  http://www.omniglot.com/writing/syllabic.htm

[sami]

Could it be Urdu? Some of the letters in the Alphabet section seem promising.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urdu_alphabet

[ankerdine]

It's obviously written with pen and ink so it could be crude shorthand?

Are there no Gregg experts out there?

Judy

[youngtug]

As I said earlier I thought it was a Indian script, such as Telugu but I don't think it is, neither do I think it is Urdu, although that was what made me look at Indian languages. I do think it may be a script derived from Persian writing but there are so many to look at. This one for instance; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiaoerjin

[youngtug]

Do scroll down on that one

[sandra Bee]

Hi
Boyd's syllabic shorthand seems to be my favourite as it is based on circles as representing
consonants. Trouble is there doesn't seem to be any images of this shorthand available other than buying the original books.  It was invented in the early 1900s which fits the date and was and is widely used. It is English in origin.
Sandra

[youngtug]

For your perusal, although I think it as to many straight lines.;  http://www.archive.org/stream/boydshorthandiss00boyd#page/n0/mode/2up

[sami]

That was interesting to look through the Boyd Shorthand Instructor - it always amazes what you can find on the internet. I see what you mean about the straight lines.

It made me wonder though if the writing on the back of the photo was not a complete sentence but rather practice of particular elements. It might not actually relate to the front of the photo.