Re: OT More pens (was Re: Phoneme winnowing continues)

En réponse à Barry Garcia :


>I think discriminating based upon someone writing in cursive versus block
>print or typed is quite silly, yes they may have taken the extra time, but
>to me someone who types out a resume and application is taking the time to
>make sure what they write is legible.
It's completely the opposite as what you say. First, writing in cursive
doesn't take extra time. On the contrary, it's usually faster than typing
for most people in France. Second, typing is considered impersonal and thus
will end up at the bottom of the stack. It is considered that if you find
something important, you'll write by hand for it. If you type, there's so
much chance that you have in fact just made once a templace letter and send
it to every company you know that it is not a big incentive for companies
to consider your application seriously (of course, even handwritten letters
could be based on a template, but since you've had to write it again
anyway, it's no real use. better write a personal letter to each company).

Note that I'm not defending the French position on it. I'm just giving the
arguments in favour of handwritten letters that they give. Both positions
have arguments in favour or against them. The fact is, I don't find the
French labour world any more unfair and discriminatory than any other.
Also, don't forget that writing in legible cursive *is* a normal skill in
France, that you're supposed to have mastered during your first year of
primary school (of course, your handwriting will evolve with the years, but
the basics will stay).

Christophe Grandsire.

http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr

You need a straight mind to invent a twisted conlang.

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