[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Do you ever write in cursive? (Page 1 of 3)
Posted: 6/30/2006 10:12:12 AM EDT
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I just noticed today that one of my bosses does this, and I really can't think of any other guys I know that do this. It seems like most women use cursive and men print, besides signatures. I actually print in all capital letters... well, small capital letters... I've done it that way since I wasn't made to write cursive anymore. So..... how do you write? |
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My "writing" is a bastardization of cursive mixed with printing...more printed than cursive, though. Signature is the same. My nine year old is having a helluva time writing in cursive...every time I try to help him he tells me, "WHY do I HAVE to do this??? YOU print!." Bugger's too smart for his own good. 
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I print and have very legible handwriting. My signature is like print, but kinda flows together like cursive. Hell I don't even spell out my last name past the first two letters. It looks sorta like ¯¯/__  I have not written in cursive since probably grade school. I failed it too.  It was a complete waste of time in my opinion. I can't even write in it anymore.
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+1 Ever since architecture classes, I print in all capitals. |
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Not anymore. Ten years in the Navy cured me of that. In fact, several weeks ago I was bored in a meeting and decided to write a letter to myself (just full of BS rantings, really) in cursive, just to see if I still could. Believe it or not, I actually had trouble doing it, it had been so long. As I progressed, it got easier, but the penmanship (which used to be quite good, actually) was horrible. I gave up after half a page. I never need to use it anyway. Isn't the modern world grand? 
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+1 Otherwise, mostly print in some form of CAPS. Started later in High School for taking notes and enver went back. I had to write some thank you notes not too long ago. I laughed at myself as I struggled to recall HOW to write all the letters in cursive. |
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Mine would count as a hybrid. It depends on the particular character and the one following it. Maybe cursive, maybe print. Used to piss off my teachers. Too bad for them. edit to add: It also depends on what I'm writing with. Different pens/pencils seem to produce a different writing style from me. But no matter what, my signature is unreadable. Woody |
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Penmanship is becoming a lost art. When I think about all the time they spent on it at the private elementary school I went to, and the fact that the only time I actually write anything more than my name is when I'm in a bank, post office, or a doctors office, it makes me a bit angry. My handwriting sucks now because I never use it. |
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I don't think I even remember how to write in cursive. It's cool seeing how many people here print everything. I thought I was a freak, or something. Well, I suppose I still am, but at least I'm in good company. I took drafting in High School, and we had to print everything. As I was doing it, I thought to myself, "Why don't I just do this all the time? It makes more sense, and it's easier to read". And there it began. A college professor told me that I would be able to take notes faster if I did it in cursive. I told him that shorthand owns all, but nobody younger than my grandma still does it.  In other words, leave me be. |
