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Post by Leftee on Nov 9, 2022 8:07:57 GMT -5
I learned to print, then write cursive, in elementary school. When we hit middle school we were "freed" from cursive and I fell back to printing. My cursive was never that great-looking and I struggled to keep it legible. By the time I graduated from HS I had all but completely forgotten how to write cursive. Today I don't think I could write the alphabet in cursive if a gun was put to my head.
What about you folks? Does anyone here still write in cursive?
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Post by matryx81 on Nov 9, 2022 8:30:20 GMT -5
Depending on the application, yes.
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Post by munkiejunque on Nov 9, 2022 9:08:29 GMT -5
When in elementary school I had great penmanship. In High School I took a mechanical drafting class where we spent the first semester learning to print using very specific pen strokes to form each letter. Printing became my sole method of hand written communication still is.
These days based on my signature, I could have been a doctor.
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Post by Ryder on Nov 9, 2022 9:23:00 GMT -5
My parents both had good penmanship especially my father. He was a draftsman and like munk his printing was great. I always tried to copy his printing and cursive writing. Now I just want to get it done so it’s a bit sloppy. I write using cursive and printing together. It’s a hybrid.
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Post by funkykikuchiyo on Nov 9, 2022 9:33:46 GMT -5
I stopped cursive when I hit high school because I had a bad habit of alternating between the two, and had to pick one. I also felt my printing was more legible, and as a lefty that is a big deal. A little while ago I tried cursive to see if I could still do it, and I surprised myself. A couple capital letters evaded my memory, but I still could do it.
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Post by rickyguitar on Nov 9, 2022 9:34:56 GMT -5
Mix and match here
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Post by LeftyMeister on Nov 9, 2022 9:37:01 GMT -5
My older sister taught me to write my name in cursive in kindergarten. When I showed it to my teacher, she said, "You're not supposed to know that yet," and handed it back to me.
Before PC's became the rage, I would write letters in cursive. I rarely use it today but it's still there if I need it.
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Post by Riff Twang on Nov 9, 2022 9:40:33 GMT -5
My mother was a hybrid writer too, and very neat. Father a sloppy cursive. I take after my mother except for the neat bit, so mostly print if I want to be sure to be legible. I was taught what is called "cord cursive" back in grade school.
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Post by Mfitz804 on Nov 9, 2022 9:49:03 GMT -5
Never. There's no practical purpose to it.
My daughter learned from her 1st grade teacher; she was an older teacher about to retire and probably taught cursive in her time. My daughter would finish her assignments too quickly, so she would give her exercises in writing cursive to fill the extra time.
I don't think any of her friends know how to do it, she never does it, and I would guess she forgot most of it.
I just tried to write a couple of sentences in cursive to see if I remember how, it's been that long. The short answer is I mostly do.
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Post by Leftee on Nov 9, 2022 9:59:55 GMT -5
I’ll give it a try. I can read it, so maybe I’m not giving myself enough credit.
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Post by Mike the marksman on Nov 9, 2022 10:06:07 GMT -5
I learned it in elementary school but completely forgot it.
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Post by Jake on Nov 9, 2022 10:16:36 GMT -5
The key to data security is cursive writing.
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Post by Leftee on Nov 9, 2022 10:35:22 GMT -5
The key to data security is cursive writing. 🏆 |
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Post by oldnjplayer on Nov 9, 2022 10:39:09 GMT -5
mix and match. my cursive is terrible
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Post by gato on Nov 9, 2022 11:45:54 GMT -5
My only cursive is my signature.
For 30 years I hand printed crime reports in block letters. It stuck. Cursive, not so much.
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Post by slacker 🐨 on Nov 9, 2022 12:10:56 GMT -5
I can do it if I think about it. I haven't used cursive since junior high (70's).
Funny story: When I was in college I moved from one dorm to another between semesters. The campus police hauled me in accusing me of stealing checks and using them to order pizza....delivered to the room I moved into but before I moved in. I tried to explain to them that I didn't even live in that building at the time this happened but they were keystone cops on steroids. I was literally laughing at how stupid they were (which, of course, they didn't like).
They asked me to give a handwriting sample of the signature...I couldn't remember how to make a capital 'F' in cursive, but I did my best. The most hilarious part was their attempt to go all "Law and Order" on me by telling me how it was an exact match and they had me dead to rights. I literally laughed at them and said "good luck with that" and asked if they were going to arrest me or let me go. Needless to say they let me go and that was the end of it. In their defense, they did finally figure it out and nail the kid who did it. I could have saved them an hour if they hadn't been so stupid.
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Post by RufusTeleStrat on Nov 9, 2022 12:32:35 GMT -5
I do it on checks especially when writing the dollar amount. I tend to print the payee but the dollar amount is written out, in long hand cursive.
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Post by RogerD on Nov 9, 2022 13:15:26 GMT -5
I can if the need arises.
All through elementary school the cursive alphabet was posted all along the top of the blackboard with the necessary strokes referenced.
I picked up the ability from practicing until I Pretty much had it down.
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Post by Ricketi on Nov 9, 2022 14:07:58 GMT -5
My dad always called my writing chicken scratching. It is not very good. Both my parents had very nice writing probably because back in the day they spent more time in school practicing it.
I don't ever have a need to write these days but if I had to I could get by.
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Post by Leftee on Nov 9, 2022 15:07:53 GMT -5
My dad always called my writing chicken scratching. It is not very good. Both my parents had very nice writing probably because back in the day they spent more time in school practicing it. I don't ever have a need to write these days but if I had to I could get by. I assume this wasn’t the board censor. |
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Post by HeavyDuty on Nov 9, 2022 16:55:25 GMT -5
When in elementary school I had great penmanship. In High School I took a mechanical drafting class where we spent the first semester learning to print using very specific pen strokes to form each letter. Printing became my sole method of hand written communication still is. These days based on my signature, I could have been a doctor. Same. Once I was on a drafting career path I stopped writing cursive. I’d like to learn again. |
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Post by Auf Kiltre on Nov 9, 2022 18:00:05 GMT -5
Incapable, totally. I have the worst writing (printing) of anyone I know. I did K thru 4th grade at a parochial school too with evil nuns equipped with knuckle crackers. My oldest brother has good penmanship (he did K-8), the middle brother is equally as bad as I am. Coincidentally (?) we're both southpaws.
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Post by markfromhawaii on Nov 9, 2022 21:53:39 GMT -5
I do it on checks especially when writing the dollar amount. I tend to print the payee but the dollar amount is written out, in long hand cursive. Same here, except I write the payee in cursive too. I do this with the intention of retaining this skill. |
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Post by guildx700 on Nov 9, 2022 22:10:21 GMT -5
Never could do cursive, and now they don't even teach it,
it's odd, they tried to show how to do each letter, but everyone added their own spin to it anyhow, total bull crap IMO.
Kinda like a person's signature.....
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Nov 9, 2022 23:37:17 GMT -5
I can because I learned calligraphy in art school. But beyond hand lettering wedding invitations--hell no. Just my signature these days.
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Post by bluzcat on Nov 9, 2022 23:55:52 GMT -5
I use it all the time when taking notes or making lists. I find it easier than printing all of the time.
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Post by Bopper on Nov 10, 2022 10:00:24 GMT -5
A refresher...
We had something like this strung out above the blackboards in grade school.
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Post by Leftee on Nov 10, 2022 10:59:06 GMT -5
Yep! I forgot about that. 😎
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Post by slacker 🐨 on Nov 10, 2022 11:04:23 GMT -5
I used to print very nicely. Was into mechanical drawing in Jr High and high school. I could print where it almost looked like it was done by a computer. I got all A+'s in every mechanical drawing and architectural drawing class I took. I loved that stuff. My printing is pretty bad anymore since I'm almost always in a hurry when I write and the vast majority of my communication is via keyboard.
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Post by dadzmad on Nov 10, 2022 11:24:38 GMT -5
I wrote in cursive only when I was in grade school (cause they made me) then I learned the fast slanted reinhardt style printing that I used as a draftsman and later as engineer. My mother born overseas in 1919 wrote in a beautiful cursive hand, Both my parents had the fancy euro fountain pens and wrote letters to each other almost every other daily through their lives since my father would work in other cities for months at a time. about. When I was very young my mother would often use a crow quill steel tip dip pen, What I am sure this is about is that using cursive with this type of pen the pen does not leave the paper through a word. Any way things have changed, If I have to fill out a paper form I put it in a scanner and out to pdf then fill it out in Adobe print to paper and sign (the only cursive I do)
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