Your handwriting

[MissHoneychurch]

Has the quality of your handwriting suffered since the age of computers and emails?

My handwriting never was good but it sure got worse since I write less and less by hand.

[qb]

1. Yes. I still write letters from time to time, and am chagrined at the wretched scribbles I produce.

[MissHoneychurch]

2. I haven't written a letter in ages

but I see it when I write a note or something. I really have to concentrate to write readable.

[TZ]

3. I have a job with alot of paperwork

My handwriting is just as bad as its ever been...:rofl:

[Brewman_Jax]

4. G'day, MissH!

:hi: :hug:

Yes, because I don't do much writing, outside of scribbling notes and working on mathematical equations. I have to practice my calligraphy more.

[MissHoneychurch]

5. Didn't know

you could do calligraphy. Way cool.

:hi: :hug:

[gvstn]

26. I think calligraphy is what helped further mess up my

Handwriting. Now it is a mix of cursive and print but the print letters are from calligraphy.

If I want to write in proper cursive, I have to go so slow I may as well draw the letters one by one.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

6. college ruined mine. the more notes I took, the worse it got.

:D

[MissHoneychurch]

7. Well, you have to write FAST in college

to get all the notes .... and afterwards wonders what the heck did I mean by that? :D

:hi: Tuesday

[HEyHEY]

8. Mine could not get any worse, so no... oddly my Chinese and Farsi are awesome

According to my Farsi tutor and Chinese people.

[MissHoneychurch]

9. You are learning Farsi?

I was in the Iran in May for two weeks. My mom learned Farsi before we went. She said she didn't have any problems writing from right to left.

[HEyHEY]

11. Not anymore, I hired a tutor a few years back for six months

She said my handwriting was very good.

[cwydro]

10. Yes

I notice it when I send postcards and so lately I have begun to write handwritten letters to friends, just to stay in practice.

[MissHoneychurch]

12. I can read your postcards

rather good :D

[cwydro]

13. You never mentioned if you got the last one.

Brat.

[MissHoneychurch]

14. I DID

you just have to listen when I tell you something :P

[cwydro]

15. Hmmm,

perhaps this explains why I never get any postcards from YOU.

[MissHoneychurch]

16. ROFL

you have a point there :rofl:

[cwydro]

17. A librarian who can't write.

Tsk tsk.

[MissHoneychurch]

18. I type the whole day

on the computer and every now and then on the good old typewrite.

BUT I can write numbers fairly good .... that is what I put into the books :rofl:

[JanMichael]

28. are you a cataloger?

Catalogers seem to have two types of handwriting; bad and "librarian hand."

[MissHoneychurch]

44. I'm a librarian

:D

[JanMichael]

45. I know

I was wondering what kind of librarian; generally librarians aren't writing call numbers in the books unless they are involved in cataloging-

[MissHoneychurch]

46. I work in a specialized library

it is just me (only librarian), my boss (majored in German) and a library assistent. So yes, I do a lot of cataloging, actually almost all cataloging. And I admit I enjoy cataloging. I know not all librarians like that task.

[JanMichael]

50. my wife does

Particularly special collections holdings--

Never knew you were a librarian :)

[Bossy Monkey]

19. Ditto. And I always feel like I'm forging my own signature. n/t

[MissHoneychurch]

20. Exactly

I feel the same way.

[Liberalynn]

21. Yes

The nuns of my childhood would be beating my knuckles bloody with their ever handy rulers, if they could see it now.

They used to do it then too because they said I used to hold my pen or pencil too tight like someone was going to take it away from me.

The ironic thing was is that is exactly what they use to do to. Come up suddenly behind you and try and pull the writing utensil from your hand. If they couldn't do it eaisly the offender got whacked. Oh the good ole days. :rofl:

But to answer your question yes my hand writing is deteriorating! It is now somewhat of a mix between printing and cursive, and it seems to take me longer than it use to. Maybe it is partially the aging process too but I am only 48.

[Roon]

22. I always had terrible handwriting

especially now that we are using computers. I noticed a few days ago that my PA doesn't write my stats in a chart, he just types it into a computer.

[gvstn]

23. My handwriting was always bad. The internet has destroyed my

Grammar. I don't read as many books so that example of proper grammar is less prevalent. And message boards and internet postings in general are hardly Strunk and White friendly.

I often find myself unable to figure out a way to end particular sentences without prepositions. (Look at that sentence for an example--it can be read multiple ways)

The worst part is that I find posters of Dutch origin write in English beautifully. Clear and precise sentences.

I am embarrassed and it seems to be getting worse.

[MissHoneychurch]

25. Better not tell you then

that I am German :)

[gvstn]

27. The funny thing is

I read your original post as I was replying and thought she will understand proper grammar.

Just don't start your posts apologizing for your poor English so that I have to reply with something like, "I'm an American and you write English good. I couldn't do any better than that!"

I guess I'm just feeling sorry for myself...
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[mcollins]

24. I have aways had problems with writing by hand.

People could bare read it when I was a kid. Back then we practiced for hours on making the perfect letter. What made it worse was my mother was a teacher and when I got home I had to practice more.
Only after HS was I diagnosed with dyslexia. Computers are much easier for me to use and now that arthritis is kicking in even more so.

[HopeHoops]

29. Not mine. It has ALWAYS sucked.

[Iggo]

30. I used to have beautiful handwriting.

Not no more.

[Phentex]

35. I used to get compliments on mine, too...

Now I have to print to even read it. I don't know if it's computers or age, lol. :)

[bikebloke]

31. Those UPS signature machines ruined my signature.

The stylus just slides ruining my signature. And that has transferred to my ink signature. At least if I ever have to deny a receipt, I can say that's not my hand writing.

[av8rdave]

32. Mine has gone from poor to illegible

But man, can I type!

[GreenPartyVoter]

33. It was crappy to begin with. Now I can barely sign my name to a check!

[LWolf]

34. Yes. Data entry gave me a repetitive motion injury that

makes my wrist really painful after only a few written lines.

That was in the early days, before a mouse with links to click, when, to enter one piece of data, I had to hit "enter" with my right pinky a dozen or more times, every time, to find the field I was looking for.

[Posteritatis]

36. My English handwriting's always been horrific

I print clearly enough, especially if I'm writing for someone else to read, but my cursive reads like I was sitting in a giant paint shaker while writing.

I'm trying to figure out what to make of the fact that my writing in other alphabets is usually cleaner.

[Heidi]

37. My handwriting has not suffered.

I'm a big believer in handwritten letters and notes in contrast to the ease of email, just as I'm a big believer in reading books as opposed to reading only online. I don't send handwritten letters and notes every day, but there's something about the act of handwriting that makes me slow down, think about what I want to say, and make the words count. :hi:

[Sky Masterson]

38. I always wrote like hell.

And it isn't getting much better. :hi:

[ThatsMyBarack]

39. Absolutely.

It's a shame, really. I had near-perfect handwriting for years before I went from a "C" in high-school typing to--oh, 60-70 words a minute!

[Blue_Tires]

40. yes...i've noticed that as well...

[LeftishBrit]

41. No - it was always terrible!

[name not needed]

42. I see it as a blessing. I no longer have to subject the rest of the world to my chicken scratch.

[Old Troop]

43. Yes. My handwriting has become a scrawl

[ThomCat]

47. My handwriting was always described as neat and beautiful.

I think I was very luck. Beautiful handwriting was something of a gift.

Not anymore.

It isn't the use of a computer that has hurt my handwriting. Because of joint and muscle pain I just can't use my hands anymore for almost anything. I can barely hold a pen. So my handwriting is a mostly illegible scrawl now.

Typing is one of the few things I can still do with my hands. I just can't use some of my fingers anymore when I type.

[MissHoneychurch]

48. It is good to see you Thom

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

I always admire your strength :hug:

[ThomCat]

49. It's good to see you too.

:hug:

Thank you. :loveya: