Re: Phoneme winnowing continues
| From: | Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, June 9, 2003, 2:58 |
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On Sun, 8 Jun 2003 15:45:16 -0700 Stone Gordonssen
<stonegordonssen@...> writes:
> >I've been reading this thread with wonder: do you really mean that
> >fountain pens are uncommon in America?!!!!! In France, not only
> they are
> >extremely common, safe and cheap, but pupils are *obliged* to learn
> > to write
> Yes, they are uncommon. I suspect they began disappearing when the
> US stopped tyring to teach penmanship in school.
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I remember learning penmaship/handwriting in elementary school, and that
was in the late 1980s early 1990s.
Or are you talking about something more calligraphic?
-Stephen (Steg)
"dos iz nit der šteg?"