Should We Worry About the Death of Handwriting?


	Should We Worry About the Death of Handwriting?

clip-on-tie

7-26-2009 1:25 PM

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clip-on-tie says:

I can't remember how to write a capital Z in cursive.

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7-26-2009 8:36 PM

jay8h

Me either!

7-26-2009 9:17 PM

shaor

my writing is awful so do it all on computer! doesn't everyone now!

7-27-2009 7:24 AM

coconutshell

I always did the capital Z in cursive as a 3 with a flat top and curved and elongated the bottom bit like a lower-case g or y.

In school, cursive English was different from French cursive so I always got mixed up between the two. A cursive capital French T looks almost like a C.

I bet kids these days don't have writer's bumps.

7-27-2009 7:40 AM

katsteevns

It's Bill Gates' fault. BOYCOTT YOUR COMPUTER!!!

7-27-2009 1:52 PM

tanyamm

I've always had problems writing the capital Q. I always print it. Other than that I do have a very nice hand writing. I like to make lists and write things out. When I took my college English courses I always wrote my essays out in long hand first.

7-27-2009 6:30 PM

aklimento

Some guys still carving wooden plates, although now for business fronts only. It is nice looking, especially in gold...

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