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Post by kls on Mar 10, 2019 22:30:24 GMT
I could read it before I could hold a pencil long enough to print a word. I don't recall being taught.
I never mastered writing it properly.
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Post by koskiewicz on Mar 10, 2019 22:34:47 GMT
I was taught by nuns in the 1950's. I have been complimented on my handwriting all of my life.
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Post by ant-mac on Mar 10, 2019 22:48:18 GMT
I could read it before I could hold a pencil long enough to print a word. I don't recall being taught. I never mastered writing it properly. I can write cursive, although when I write, I almost exclusively print. As for reading it, well, that depends upon the quality of the writing...
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Post by maxwellperfect on Mar 10, 2019 22:50:00 GMT
I learned to write cursive somewhere around 3rd grade, but basically stopped using it except for signatures by high school. Whether I can read it depends on how legible the writing is. Mine isn't especially legible; my signature in cursive looks like a child's drawing of waves.
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Post by Vodkie on Mar 10, 2019 23:09:36 GMT
read - yes write - no
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Post by Sulla on Mar 10, 2019 23:22:41 GMT
Yes, I can do both. I usually print so others can clearly read it. I sign my name in cursive, though.
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Mar 10, 2019 23:25:33 GMT
Yes i can
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Post by femalefan on Mar 10, 2019 23:38:06 GMT
Read- Depends on the handwriting Write- Yes but it's not eligible
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Post by Lebowskidoo π¦ on Mar 11, 2019 0:12:10 GMT
When and why did people stop writing and/or learning to write? This seems weird to me!
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Post by alpha128 on Mar 11, 2019 0:12:35 GMT
Yes, I can do both. I usually print so others can clearly read it. I sign my name in cursive, though. Same here.
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Post by kingslayer on Mar 11, 2019 1:33:24 GMT
Can't everybody? Do schools no longer teach how to put pen to paper?
I rarely do it anymore though and my handwriting was never the best so legibility may be a bit iffy though heh.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Mar 11, 2019 1:44:20 GMT
I can write my name, though like my print, it's trash. Can read it depending on the legibility, like others said.
Not a fan.
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Post by James on Mar 11, 2019 1:46:40 GMT
Barely can read or write.
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Post by kls on Mar 11, 2019 1:57:45 GMT
Can't everybody? Do schools no longer teach how to put pen to paper? I rarely do it anymore though and my handwriting was never the best so legibility may be a bit iffy though heh. You can put pen to paper without the writing being script.
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Post by CynicalDreamer2 on Mar 11, 2019 2:11:50 GMT
When and why did people stop writing and/or learning to write? This seems weird to me! Itβs sad but a lot of schools no longer teach it and people in general write less and care even less about penmanship.
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Post by poelzig on Mar 11, 2019 2:22:40 GMT
What am I a millennial? Of course I can.
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Post by mslo79 on Mar 11, 2019 10:01:42 GMT
I generally avoid it as printing is easier to read/write.
but I would imagine I can read cursive well enough especially if the handwriting is half way decent. but as far as myself writing it... while I am sure we did a bit back in the day in school, I never do it anymore as I, outside of my signature, which is so-so at best, simply don't write it as I print pretty much everything I write on paper as it's just easier and I am sure will be easier for others to read.
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Post by Marv on Mar 11, 2019 16:10:02 GMT
Yes.
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Post by ck100 on Mar 11, 2019 17:53:32 GMT
Yes.
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Post by klandersen on Mar 11, 2019 19:01:39 GMT
Yes learned to write and read it in 3rd grade.
As others have said reading it often depends on the penmanship of the writer. Some is easier to read than others. My own script writing is often chicken scratch the looks like a cross between a doctor's prescription for medicine and the order ticket you get from your Chinese take-out order. I can write it neater if I take my time with it, but often I am just jotting it down quickly. Trying to read what was written is the hard part. Particularly if it has been several days or longer since it was written since the memory of what I was trying to say is forgotten.
With the current trend of not teaching it in the schools in 2 or 3 generations any writing made from late 20th century or before will not be able to be read by anyone. Imagine students of American History studying the constitution looking at scans of the original document and not being able to read a single word of it.
I wonder how people get away with using print as their legal signature on official financial records and other documents.
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