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opus
01-27-2023, 05:06 PM
When you handwrite something, how do you tend to do it?

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JamesG
01-27-2023, 05:51 PM
I write in cursive (script).

I have friends who are public school teachers and they tell me that penmanship is no longer taught in schools. All assignments are done online and students type their class notes, so there’s no reason to physically write anything.

GentlemanJim
01-27-2023, 05:58 PM
I am fully capable of cursive, and if I'm preparing a 500+ word document, then that is the way I go.

But, my cursive is challenging for some others to read, so on anything a paragraph or two...I always print just to avoid the "what's this word?" monotony.

And, then I have my signature, a combination of cursive first letters and "speed squiggles" that looks just enough like writing that people seldom question it.

PhoenixAcres
01-27-2023, 06:33 PM
I always print, except when signing something. We were taught cursive in elementary school but that was the last time I used it in any real sense.

AMackII
01-27-2023, 07:29 PM
Print but I occasionally wrote in cursives

DJM77
01-27-2023, 09:17 PM
I always print, except when signing something.

Same here.

Bonniegirl
01-27-2023, 09:35 PM
I always print , only sign my name in cursive ! ;)

TheLittleFaerie
01-28-2023, 01:27 AM
Cursive, I don't print well any more. I learned cursive in 3rd grade and instantly took to it as a faster way of writing

theoneandonlytvqueen
01-28-2023, 01:30 AM
Print

icecream
01-28-2023, 02:15 AM
Cursive is better, it takes me forever to print.

James28
01-28-2023, 02:57 AM
I always write in print, because cursive is such a waste of paper (I, literally, only use cursive for signatures).

TheLittleFaerie
01-28-2023, 03:06 AM
Cursive is better, it takes me forever to print.

I'm the same way. When I try to print, it always merges into cursive lol

Yong Fang
01-28-2023, 06:06 AM
Cursive is worthless, except to maybe sign your name. The crowd that wants it to continue are the anal retentives who hate people wearing a hat under a roof or putting their elbows on the dinner table.

It is really a waste of time and effort and it takes so much from a first grader when they could use that time to learn something useful. However, there are many worthless subjects and classes in school but they are taught to make the student conform and take orders and accept rules without question.

For me, I sign my name and if I am qucikly writing something down I tend to use a mix. I am the only one who reads it so it doesnt matter.

ponytail
01-28-2023, 08:02 AM
I usually print. I think my cursive is sloppy, but lately I have been practicing my cursive. I try to slow down when I'm writing to make it look readable.

TheLittleFaerie
01-28-2023, 09:06 AM
Cursive is worthless, except to maybe sign your name. The crowd that wants it to continue are the anal retentives who hate people wearing a hat under a roof or putting their elbows on the dinner table.

It is really a waste of time and effort and it takes so much from a first grader when they could use that time to learn something useful. However, there are many worthless subjects and classes in school but they are taught to make the student conform and take orders and accept rules without question.

For me, I sign my name and if I am qucikly writing something down I tend to use a mix. I am the only one who reads it so it doesnt matter.

Well I'm pretty much a Left wing commie socialist Democrat and cursive is about all I'm able to write in lol I learned to write cursive in 3rd grade and thats about all I've written in since. To me it's no more useless that Algebra... Our Algebra teacher even told us, the main point of learning Algebra was to expand our mind and critical thinking, and we'd likely NOT use it in real life unless, we were going to teach it... I dunno why cursive can't be the same way.


I can also read an analog clock lol which apparently many people cannot these days

GentlemanJim
01-28-2023, 12:22 PM
I recall shortly after learning to read print, asking my mom what this word was

https://i.imgur.com/lwWNISX.jpg

And then arguing with her that it couldn't be "Bewitched" because the first letter was "R".

Then, after she explained "stylized", I felt there to be an insurmountable obstacle lying ahead in my path towards schoolin'

Torgo
01-28-2023, 12:56 PM
Print

Fleet
01-28-2023, 06:11 PM
I usually print but cursive is useful, too. I can write faster using cursive.

biffbronson
01-29-2023, 04:42 PM
I always print when I put down a note or a shopping list on paper. But if I'm going to write something lengthy, which is rare, I'll do it in cursive.

Furienna
01-30-2023, 04:54 PM
I use print.
I guess I can do cursive, but I don't see what the point is of using it these days.

Dude111
01-30-2023, 11:09 PM
I always print....Me also..... I can do cursive but I prefer printing :)

TheLittleFaerie
02-01-2023, 06:46 AM
My grandmother calls cursive "writing" and printing "printing". And she prefers cursive, I guess that's all they taught in school in her time.... I've heard her say, "I would so much rather WRITE! I hate it when I have to print something" lol

dakert
02-01-2023, 05:47 PM
Cursive as printing would make me feel like I am writing a ransom note

Caroline13
02-01-2023, 08:44 PM
My grandmother calls cursive "writing" and printing "printing". And she prefers cursive, I guess that's all they taught in school in her time.... I've heard her say, "I would so much rather WRITE! I hate it when I have to print something" lol

I could be your grandmother, we never used the word cursive, it has been writing and printing.

All the years I sent letters, I wrote the letters.

TheLittleFaerie
02-02-2023, 04:39 PM
I could be your grandmother, we never used the word cursive, it has been writing and printing.

All the years I sent letters, I wrote the letters.


I prefer writing/cursive as well

opus
05-28-2024, 01:46 PM
306388

Bonniegirl
05-28-2024, 06:36 PM
306388

:lol::D:lol::D

Furienna
05-29-2024, 08:38 AM
306388
I'm 39 years old and was taught how to write curive in school.
But I can't be sure that I can read other people's cursive writing.

Dude111
05-30-2024, 03:59 PM
306388Hehehe :D :D

Coffeecup
05-31-2024, 05:37 PM
When I write, I have to think more and slow down. I recently renewed my passport and i had to write my name the way it was on the previous passport. My first, middle and last names. I seldom write my middle name and I had trouble. As for using a pen or pencil on paper I always print. My dad said Printers print and people letter. Although I do use the term printing to cover what I do. I saw on Modern Marvels episode ,it was said a good typist could type way faster on a typewriter than someone can write. Probably the same holds true today with a person typing on a computer.