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Coffee House => Coffee House Boards => CH / General => Topic started by: adz on March 05, 2007, 07:57:33 AM
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Why is it that no matter how hard I try, my hand writing still looks crap. Seriously, its not changed since I was six and at times, can proove a tad embarrassing. It boggles the mind, I can accomplish so much else, yet my hand writing still resembles the artwork of a demented Chimpanzee with a box of crayons and a sheet of wax paper. Anyone else suffer from this curse?
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Personally I blame the era of electronic communication in which we are now firmly entrenched.
My handwriting skills have deteriated due to simple lack of use.
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A few weeks ago I got a gel parker refill and I've been writing something everyday since.
My writing isn't too bad normally, but it can get worse the more I write.
I could put doctor's writing to shame sometimes :-D
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If I write very slowly I can write neatly, for example when addressing an envelope or filling in a form. But if I try to write at speed my handwriting becomes illegible. This is made worse by my left-handedness, which means my hand sits on wet ink as I write and deposits it across the page. Using a fast-drying biro usually stops this happening.
I don't find it particularly embarrassing or much of a problem as I can avoid handwriting for most of my life, and when I do need to I can write neatly - it just takes ages!
I'm sure it's just a matter of practice. If I tried consistently to write neatly then I would probably learn to do it more quickly. But honestly, I can't be arsed.
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moto
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Karlos wrote:
My handwriting skills have deteriated due to simple lack of use.
Your skills in proper spelling too, apparently. I am of course not an English native, but I strongly suspect you meant to write deteriorated :-P .
I do a lot of math on paper, as well as program design and rough graphical sketches---although those have been superseded by my Wacom Intuos 3. (A cool but expensive toy.) The most handwriting I do in my lab journal, and that keeps them skills fresh and active. I have never suffered from a bad or ugly hand, though; my writings are unusually IOTTMCO.
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"deteriorated"
Missing out letters whilst typing is quite a common one for me, in truth. That's usually caused by my typing too quickly so as to avoid being caught here whilst at work ;-)
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@Cymric
Yes of course that's what I meant :-)
@Karlos
Same here; hurried replies -> missed letters.
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moto
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Karlos wrote:
work
Stop swearing :-P
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Workshy longhaired smelly hippy!
I'm suprised the lecturers even bother grading my tests. When I'm writing in a hurry and under stress such as with written tests my handwriting turns into something my 4-year old cousin would be ashamed of. And it's only marginally worse than my normal handwriting..
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See an Englishman who has to be educated by a Dutchman, on how to spell correctly?
That's Karlos, that is :-P
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X-ray wrote:
See an Englishman who has to be educated by a Dutchman, on how to spell correctly?
That's Karlos, that is :-P
I can usually spell just fine. Remembering to include all the letters (in the correct sequence) in a word when typing it quickly, well, that's another story :lol:
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Vincent wrote:
Karlos wrote:
work
Stop swearing :-P
Sorry.
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odin wrote:
Workshy longhaired smelly hippy!
Hey! I take offense at that!
I had my annual shower this morning :-P
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Vincent wrote:
odin wrote:
Workshy longhaired smelly hippy!
Hey! I take offense at that!
I had my annual shower this morning :-P
Yes, I hear they are still dredging and decontaminating the Tay at this very moment...
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And trying to lure the poor and frightened Loch Ness monster back to the loch... I do not doubt there will be a clause added very soon to its contract with the local tourism industry that it shall not ever, under any circumstances, be made to act like a rubber ducky again.
/me hides somewhere safe now...
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Anyone up for "Handwriting of Amiga.org"? :lol: :lol: :lol:
If I really really try, I can get it to look legible, perhaps I should just carry a stencil everywhere I go :-D Oh well, it looks like I'm not the only one, although I'd say that I am by far the worst here. At least I can't blame technology, as my handwriting sucked long before I even knew what a computer was ;-)
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Cymric wrote:
And trying to lure the poor and frightened Loch Ness monster back to the loch...
I did wonder why it wouldn't "quack" properly :-P
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adz wrote:
Anyone up for "Handwriting of Amiga.org"? :lol: :lol: :lol:
Won't be long before a profiler of the police will be able to find an A.Orger very quickly with all the #? of A.org sites =),
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odin wrote:
adz wrote:
Anyone up for "Handwriting of Amiga.org"? :lol: :lol: :lol:
Won't be long before a profiler of the police will be able to find an A.Orger very quickly with all the #? of A.org sites =),
Would that be a bad thing considering how dodgy the Amiga market has become ;-)
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My handwriting isn;t excellent, but most of the time it is fine, unless I write slowley in which case it can be very neat.
I try to do writing on paper where possible rather than on the computer. e.g. for coursework I try and do it on paper, unless the teacher insists that it is done on the computer which doesn;t happen very often, or it is a big project.
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odin wrote:
adz wrote:
Anyone up for "Handwriting of Amiga.org"? :lol: :lol: :lol:
Won't be long before a profiler of the police will be able to find an A.Orger very quickly with all the #? of A.org sites =),
That's nothing compared to the police abuse potential in the upcoming "DNA of Amiga.org" page!
(resists obvious sock reference) :-o