Cursive writing

[1Steve]

I have heard complaints from professionals, that legal documents require a cursive signature, but many young people have never been taught to sign their name.

 

[ActionBuddy]

So true... Gone are the days of being admired for having "perfect penmanship".

A/B

 

[EllieP]

I write in cursive. I text with all punctuation. I have a Brit for a Mum, and I've had my knuckles tapped with a ruler one too many times to ever forget. And if she ever found my phone and saw a I <3 U text I would be in trouble!

What's difficult for me is to fill out forms with the little squares because my block letters ain't all that great.

 

[693987]

I write in cursive. I text with all punctuation. I have a Brit for a Mum, and I've had my knuckles tapped with a ruler one too many times to ever forget. And if she ever found my phone and saw a I <3 U text I would be in trouble!

What's difficult for me is to fill out forms with the little squares because my block letters ain't all that great.

My text messages use complete words and punctuation too. I'm always a little surprised when I encounter others who do the same.

 

[EllieP]

My text messages use complete words and punctuation too. I'm always a little surprised when I encounter others who do the same.

We are a vanishing breed, I'm afraid.

 

[palakaorion]

My text messages use complete words and punctuation too.

This week's meeting of Dinosaurs With Grammar is to be held at Palaka's Lair. Light invertebrates will be served.

 

[b.c.]

I can write in pretty good standard cursive if I try (though my wife's is better). And I can duplicate other handwriting styles as well, though over time, I've managed to "cultivate" a personal signature that's downright illegible.

I know my sentence structure can be overly wordy, and maybe some think it's a put on, but it happens to actually be the way I talk, probably due to a combination of factors including early school days on military bases "way up north" followed by nearly a decade of avid comic book reading on up into 2nd year college.

Even though I've lived in this city now for much of my life, I still meet people who after hearing me speak think I'm a transplant from somewhere else.

 

[headbang8]

My cursive is long and flowing. I can scarcely fit what I have to say on a page sometimes. And my signature is pretty awesome.

When I was a kid, I wanted to be an architect. So I developed a distinctive lettering style, too.

My husband is Japanese, so he thinks any Roman script where you fuss over it is a waste of time. Japanese calligraphy demands much higher standards, he says. But I shall one day convince him of the beauty of Roman script. I have a distinctive signature, but he is constantly demanding I change it so you can read my name. I tell him that's not the point. When he sees how I sign credit cards, he has a conniption.

 

[Fritz]