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

On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 12:14:00PM -0400, Roger Mills wrote:
[snip]
> As I understand it, Kendra  is referring to the progression print (called
> writing or printing I guess) > cursive (called handwriting). As far as I
> recall, we printed up until about 4th grade (age 10), then learned cursive,
> to be used from then on. The printing we learned was basically what you are
> seeing in this email-- except no serifs, and the "a" and "g" were simpler,
> and "t" had no curve at the bottom.
>
> I can distinctly remember being quite unable to read cursive (connected)
> script until I'd learned its secrets.
[snip]

I am still quite unable to read cursive. My writing is an eclectic
half-cursified version of block letters (what you call print). Plus, I
still insist on writing o's clockwise, which makes my writing extremely
hard for others to read. :-)


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