Does anyone write anything without a keyboard any more? Which way do you prefer to write by hand--in cursive writing or printing (using either all capitals or a combination of capitals and lower-case letters)?
Cursive writing is almost obsolete, as this article (New Yorker, October 26) points out:
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I'm a little sorry to see it go but maybe it's just because it's what I spent quite a while learning as a kid and have used all my life.
But since MS came along, if I'm writing anything that has to be read, I print using block letters. They're much easier to read than my handwriting. Also, it's what the US post office is insisting on.
But if I'm in a hurry and just scribbling down something, I turn to old-fashioned cursive writing. It's much faster and easier for me. I don't have to lift my hand up off the page nearly as often.
My cursive handwriting is no longer very readable though, and if I return later to something I wrote the day before, I have problems deciphering it.
A friend of mine often writes fairly long letters in cursive. I have problems reading her writing too but can't bring myself to tell her that sometimes I can't figure out what she meant.
So maybe cursive writing always does run the risk of being illegible. It's almost always less legible than printed letters.
Maybe I should be glad to see it go.
Cursive writing is almost obsolete, as this article (New Yorker, October 26) points out:
Only registered and activated users can see links., Click Here To Register...
I'm a little sorry to see it go but maybe it's just because it's what I spent quite a while learning as a kid and have used all my life.
But since MS came along, if I'm writing anything that has to be read, I print using block letters. They're much easier to read than my handwriting. Also, it's what the US post office is insisting on.
But if I'm in a hurry and just scribbling down something, I turn to old-fashioned cursive writing. It's much faster and easier for me. I don't have to lift my hand up off the page nearly as often.
My cursive handwriting is no longer very readable though, and if I return later to something I wrote the day before, I have problems deciphering it.
A friend of mine often writes fairly long letters in cursive. I have problems reading her writing too but can't bring myself to tell her that sometimes I can't figure out what she meant.
So maybe cursive writing always does run the risk of being illegible. It's almost always less legible than printed letters.
Maybe I should be glad to see it go.
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