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Post by kls on Sept 14, 2019 23:11:47 GMT
Can you use cursive to write well enough to communicate with others?
I have no issue with reading it. I could years before it was even taught in school. Never mastered forming the letters properly.
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Post by petrolino on Sept 14, 2019 23:31:30 GMT
Extremely valuable. I don't join up myself but I prefer the writing of others.
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Post by kls on Sept 14, 2019 23:36:46 GMT
Extremely valuable. I don't join up myself but I prefer the writing of others. If they typed or printed would something be lost?
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Post by Catman 猫的主人 on Sept 14, 2019 23:41:01 GMT
Haven't used it in years except for the occasional signature.
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Sept 15, 2019 0:00:49 GMT
Can you use cursive to write well enough to communicate with others? Yes i can use cursive well enough to communicate with others.
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Post by petrolino on Sept 15, 2019 0:04:59 GMT
Extremely valuable. I don't join up myself but I prefer the writing of others. If they typed or printed would something be lost? I believe so. Some styles of writing are evocative of their epoch. Some have a feminine quality, others appear more masculine. You can express as much through style and identity as through the words themselves. Like how a canvas can become more compelling than the subject.
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Post by kls on Sept 15, 2019 0:05:53 GMT
Can you use cursive to write well enough to communicate with others? Yes i can use cursive well enough to communicate with others. I feel my printing is much better. I think if I really put forth effort my cursive could be read by others, but it isn't truly formed totally accurately. It always cracks my mother up when she's told she has such beautiful handwriting and she was never taught cursive. It's flowing print really.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Sept 15, 2019 0:10:25 GMT
Yes. kls, you seem to be self conscious about not being able to write in cursive. This is not the first time you have started a thread on it or participated in one.. It's never too late to learn, if only so you can say that you can do it. Calligraphy is also a fun skill to try to master. |
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Post by kls on Sept 15, 2019 0:15:05 GMT
Yes. kls , you seem to be self conscious about not being able to write in cursive. This is not the first time you have started a thread on it or participated in one.. It's never too late to learn, if only so you can say that you can do it. Calligraphy is also a fun skill to try to master. Thing is the more I see the handwriting of people who think they can write in cursive if I was self conscious before I'm not now. I think I'm just more honest in my assessment of my skill than most are. I'd say a good 75% of people who think they can write in cursive are not forming many of the letters properly.
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Post by gameboy on Sept 15, 2019 1:28:03 GMT
Of course it's valuable as the name "cursive" implies. It comes from Latin for the word to hasten.
However, it's appearance varies from writer to writer so it's not the best form of written communication. We all know those people whose handwriting we cannot read. So for personal use if I'm the only one who will read it, it's fine. But if I want to communicate with others I use a keyboard or I'll print. My printing is beautiful by the way. My handwriting is awful though.
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Post by twothousandonemark on Sept 15, 2019 3:23:34 GMT
Valuable? 3 out of a 100.
When I casually write, I use all caps. My first high school teacher ever was all caps, & I loved it. Not giant, just nice blocky looking.
I tend to mix some cursive-no lifting my pen into that.
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Post by dirtypillows on Sept 15, 2019 3:35:28 GMT
Extremely valuable. I don't join up myself but I prefer the writing of others. I think it is essential to be able to write your own signature in this life. So, cursive is very important. Also, my grammy had very stylish handwriting. Really lovely, I thought. I was kind of a weird kid in the things that interested me. And I would have been around 7 or 8 when I was just banging to start cursive. We learned in the 3rd grade and I thought it was so fascinating to be able to connect all the letters together in such a flowing format. Lol
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Post by petrolino on Sept 15, 2019 3:37:36 GMT
Extremely valuable. I don't join up myself but I prefer the writing of others. I think it is essential to be able to write your own signature in this life. So, cursive is very important. Also, my grammy had very stylish handwriting. Really lovely, I thought. I was kind of a weird kid in the things that interested me. And I would have been around 7 or 8 when I was just banging to start cursive. We learned in the 3rd grade and I thought it was so fascinating to be able to connect all the letters together in such a flowing format. Lol Some letters are more easily joined than others.
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Post by dirtypillows on Sept 15, 2019 3:39:08 GMT
Extremely valuable. I don't join up myself but I prefer the writing of others. Wow, I am more than a bit startled at the responses. Not trying to be judgmental, but I have always thought that being able to write cursive was as essential as being able to add two plus two. No questions asked. It is a part of life. I never even thought to question that cursive was anything less than basically 95/100, importance wise. I am kind of shocked. Wow, has the world changed that much and I just was not paying attention? And besides that, cursive can be so beautiful to look at if the person has a nice style.
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Post by dirtypillows on Sept 15, 2019 3:45:14 GMT
I think it is essential to be able to write your own signature in this life. So, cursive is very important. Also, my grammy had very stylish handwriting. Really lovely, I thought. I was kind of a weird kid in the things that interested me. And I would have been around 7 or 8 when I was just banging to start cursive. We learned in the 3rd grade and I thought it was so fascinating to be able to connect all the letters together in such a flowing format. Lol Some letters are more easily joined than others.
I would say that is probably true, but I never even questioned it at that level. If you're starting with, say, the letter 'P' to write - in cursive, of course, the man's name 'Paul' (love that name, by the way), the capital 'P' would not likely be connected to the following letter, the lowercase 'a', because it would be strenuous to make that happen otherwise. Lose all the flow. Same thing with letters like 'Q' and 'Z'. And some letters, like capital 'A' and 'J' can be formed in more than one way, and it would just depend. Same with the capital letter 'S'. The capital letter 'R', for instance, should always be connected to the next, lower case letter. There would be no reason not to do so with this letter. All lowercase letters can be connected to each other without a fuss. That would be a rule.
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Post by Eλευθερί on Sept 15, 2019 3:45:35 GMT
It was very useful for the many years when long-distance communication was by pen-to-paper letters and when a pen meant a quill pen or old-fashioned fountain pen. Now that almost nobody writes longhand letters, and when they do they can use the far more efficient modern ball-point pens, it's become largely obsolete.
If you work with English-language historical records, like old letters or other documents for genealogy or other history work, it's essential to be able to read cursive.
I could still write cursive if I had to, but I usually prefer to use print characters. Since I mostly type everything now though, my handwriting is becoming pretty atrophic.
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Post by Eλευθερί on Sept 15, 2019 3:48:51 GMT
you seem to be self conscious about not being able to write in cursive. This is not the first time you have started a thread on it or participated in one.. 
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Post by dirtypillows on Sept 15, 2019 3:49:47 GMT
I think it is essential to be able to write your own signature in this life. So, cursive is very important. Also, my grammy had very stylish handwriting. Really lovely, I thought. I was kind of a weird kid in the things that interested me. And I would have been around 7 or 8 when I was just banging to start cursive. We learned in the 3rd grade and I thought it was so fascinating to be able to connect all the letters together in such a flowing format. Lol Some letters are more easily joined than others.
Awwww... that was super cute, petrolino! Grammy Hall and my Grammy Cutler... Yes, I always noticed that part when I watched "Annie Hall". Diane Keaton was adorable here, by the way. But that was a quite thoughtful thing for you to do. I guess you must have made the connection right away. My other grandmother, on my dad's side, went by the more traditional "Grandma". My one grandfather, on my mom's side, went by 'Pappy'. He was a super good guy.
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Post by Eλευθερί on Sept 15, 2019 3:53:03 GMT
I have always thought that being able to write cursive was as essential as being able to add two plus two. No questions asked. It is a part of life. I never even thought to question that cursive was anything less than basically 95/100, importance wise. I am kind of shocked. Wow, has the world changed that much and I just was not paying attention? Many American schools no longer teach cursive. And consider this: When you visit a restaurant where the specials are written on a board, or you see messages written on a board outside a shop, or inside a shop for that matter, how often is the info written in cursive vs in printed/block letters? I'd say 95 out of 100 times it's the latter.
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Post by petrolino on Sept 15, 2019 3:53:51 GMT
Some letters are more easily joined than others.
Awwww... that was super cute, petrolino! Grammy Hall and my Grammy Cutler... Yes, I always noticed that part when I watched "Annie Hall". Diane Keaton was adorable here, by the way. But that was a quite thoughtful thing for you to do. I guess you must have made the connection right away. My other grandmother, on my dad's side, went by the more traditional "Grandma". My one grandfather, on my mom's side, went by 'Pappy'. He was a super good guy.
It was actually my introduction to Grammies. I'd always heard Granny, or Grandma, or others, but not Grammy. Great move too.
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