CarrieMpls said:

aaawww I'll still let you all have electricity!

I WRITE LIKE THIS FOR THE MOST PART....
STYLISHLY THOUGH

I find it funny they're worried about writing looking all pretty when 99% of kids, teens and adults cannot spell or use proper grammar to save themselves.

Teach basic English skills and spelling THOROUGHLY then worry about presentation.

purplesweat said:

flame bait!

Imago said:

Huh?

Imago said:

I never really write anything at length anymore, but I guess if I did I'd use my own neat style of cursive then (very similar to my mum's handwriting). Normally I'm just jotting down a note here or there, writing a few words in a card or writing an address on an envelope. In those cases I always change my handwriting, sometimes italicized, sometimes oversized and rounded, or maybe more angular. I used to do calligraphy so I throw in some flourishes on occasion too. Most of the time I just scribble though. Then go and have some chips.

Imago said:

Posely!

Fauxie said:

This one time....at band camp....

Fauxie said:

I told you about 'Enga Nigh" right?


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Imago said:

Could've posted that on the smoking thread too.

Fauxie said:

lawd, we gotta hang out soon

Imago said:

Possibly, though I don't remember what it was supposed to mean.

Imago said:

I've stopped smoking too. There's nothing stopping us sleeping together.

Fauxie said:

It sometimes means 'recognize'. It sometimes means 'realize'.

And sometimes, I swear to god, I think it means 'understand'.


40 years this woman's been speaking English.

Imago said:

It's remarkable you turned out the way you did.

Fauxie said:

And why do you call sneakers, 'trainers'?

Who da fuck are you trainin' What chu training for?

Bitch, you need some HOME trainin'... That what you NEED.

Imago said:

And why tha fuck u got shoes for sneakin' round in, son?

wow! i love cursive writing! there's a beauty in it, i never thought about it going away.

InsatiableCream said:

same. i really haven't had a use for it. i just print everything out. i guess that makes me a bad person.

I hand write in some strange combo of print and cursive.

BenaimanBawkah said:

No, there's more to it.

I'll miss it. If people don't write it they'll have trouble reading it, no?

We did a writing thread on the Org before, this is my cursive...

Fauxie said:

Here, in Grenada, we call it "writing joined-on"

purplesweat said:

*mourns for cursive*

This pisses me off. I always write in cursive and the two examples given above are slightly different to the way I was taught.

Kids getting all up themselves about having to learn to write should have their laptops taken away from them

Li'l fuckers should do without mobile phones and credit cards too.

GET OFF MY VERANDAH! Granny's gonna send you a little EMP so you have to write

connorhawke said:

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CarrieMpls said:

Exactly

I feel like such an old man for saying this, but one more reason the little shits, I mean the kids, should learn cursive is to save yet another dying breed: the handwritten thank-you note. I hate that parents don't teach their kids the polite way of saying thanks anymore.

Ahhh cursive. I too learned it in 3rd grade. It was a requirement to use from then on in the school I went to. It wasn't until junior high that we were allowed to actually decide what we wanted to use. In high school, the teachers didn't care. Same with college. Basically I've been writing in fusion style since high school. A mix of cursive and print. The only complaint I've gotten is that I write toooo small. Why count it out, though? It's very important to learn for formal letters. It also comes in handy when you're short a few spaces in notes. Kids these days have so much technology around them that they're starting to rely more on the computer than their own hands.

Back in my day (the 90s!) we had to do everything the hard way! By hand, and with the help of the librarian with the copying machine, dadgum it! And we were happy to get it! And blue raspberry suckers were still 79 cents....mmmmmhmm!

I learned it starting in the 1st or 2nd grade. Used all the way until the 3rd year of HS


I usually write in cursive for my signature but other than that, rarely