tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post1404337255783779657..comments2024-03-28T21:31:13.672-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: The Write StuffJungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger81125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-33333520914656810832014-04-15T17:48:24.208-04:002014-04-15T17:48:24.208-04:00I once had a professor in a college French class w...I once had a professor in a college French class wave my blue book in front of everyone and shout that I had written my exam in Egyptian hieroglyphics, not French. I think he was frustrated.<br />I have dysgraphia, which means I also type badly. And yet I chsoe--oops, chose-- to be writer. That was one small smaple agh smaple no SAMPLE sheesh! of how I type and write.Anonymoushttp://amberfoxxmysteries.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-435076916148509372014-04-15T16:16:32.376-04:002014-04-15T16:16:32.376-04:00Wondering if your handwriting is a reflection of y...Wondering if your handwriting is a reflection of your personality?<br /><br />I know of several people who rely on communicating with others through writing notes and these people have beautiful handwriting.<br /><br />I've been told that I have beautiful handwriting. I remember copying the cursive writing from the cursive alphabet letters on the wall in my classroom as a young child.<br /><br />-hmdt<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-11107590068371661142014-04-15T13:53:18.936-04:002014-04-15T13:53:18.936-04:00Loved seeing all you Reds' handwriting! I taug...Loved seeing all you Reds' handwriting! I taught myself to write from printed books before school, so my cursive is a combination of printing (as in book) and cursive. But it's fast and still readable, even though I'm getting older. I'm like Debs. I like to do notes, journals, planning, etc., with pen and paper. If I hit a hard stretch (don't like the term "writer's block"). I'll often start writing in longhand, and it always gets things started again.Linda Rodriguezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11913741596693442469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-90518531595656419752014-04-15T13:04:59.041-04:002014-04-15T13:04:59.041-04:00I taught English in Poland right after college and...I taught English in Poland right after college and when I wrote "of" on the chalk board ... not one student could read it. I connected in the o and the f in an unusual pattern I guess. My hand writing is also difficult for my children to read, I think that cursive was taught briefly in their school.Lynn Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441343758291717960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-28197848481903516442014-04-15T08:42:45.225-04:002014-04-15T08:42:45.225-04:00Gee, what is the common theme here? With one excep...Gee, what is the common theme here? With one exception (or two) mystery writers have terrible handwriting. So glad I chose the write genre for my sloppy handwriting! : )Kristihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01724127668983231150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-78889150418627548482014-04-15T02:02:12.015-04:002014-04-15T02:02:12.015-04:00I'm ambidextrous too. Sometimes when I'm s...I'm ambidextrous too. Sometimes when I'm stuck in the middle of something, I'll switch hands. I seem to think differently. Weird huh? <br />I should probably use the left for things that need to be legible. It is, marginally better. :)<br />Pen MAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-14230628645890800462014-04-15T01:36:14.117-04:002014-04-15T01:36:14.117-04:00I read a thing that said besides what was said bef...I read a thing that said besides what was said before, learning cursive is very helpful in developing all kinds of fine motor skills. Last year, my gdaughter got a cursive license. :) They weren't going to teach cursive...the year my gson would've started, but all the protests from parents and gparents changed their minds. So gson had to play catch up. They were always upset when I gave them I card. You know I don't read cursive. Learn I said. <br />I am pretty careful when I write a first draft or note or letter, but mine has devolved to half printing and writing and my own version of shorthand for college. Before she moved away, I'd take something I'd written to my friend to decipher. ;) <br />I guess you can tell, I'm pro cursive. <br /><br />Pen M<br />pmettert@yahoo.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-56313291795816788422014-04-15T00:29:15.988-04:002014-04-15T00:29:15.988-04:00Hank, my hubby is a lefty, and prints rather than ...Hank, my hubby is a lefty, and prints rather than writes in cursive. So interesting. Must blog about that!Deborah Crombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16988750789088153601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-84830332961976393612014-04-14T22:32:30.616-04:002014-04-14T22:32:30.616-04:00Sal, we think so, too.
And Kathy, send it! She...Sal, we think so, too.<br /><br />And Kathy, send it! She's love it, I bet.Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-47469843725789219642014-04-14T20:24:01.215-04:002014-04-14T20:24:01.215-04:00Kristopher, I'm so jealous that you have all o...Kristopher, I'm so jealous that you have all of the Gabaldon books signed. Yes, my friend and I figured it was something in Gaelic, but the letters were indecipherable, and we really wanted to know what it said. I've thought about taking a picture of it and sending it to her to interpret. <br /><br />One other comment I meant to make about the specialness of cursive writing is that to me it is a cultural aspect of our lives that we are extinguishing. It's like a part of our language that is being lost. <br /><br />And, FChurch, you put the personal touch square at my heart, as my mother has been gone right at twenty years, and it is such a sweet moment when I come across her writing.Kathy Reelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17004247271452356577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-9015743162938142282014-04-14T20:23:09.350-04:002014-04-14T20:23:09.350-04:00I think my handwriting is lovely, charming, and re...I think my handwriting is lovely, charming, and readable, but then I would, wouldn't I?Salhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03597301821068526313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-44614522837913300382014-04-14T20:22:48.509-04:002014-04-14T20:22:48.509-04:00So right, FChurch! AndI'm a lefty, too..wonde...So right, FChurch! AndI'm a lefty, too..wonder how many of us are? And there's ANOTHER blog!<br /><br />And oh, yes, when I see my mother's handwriting? Wow.Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-82166824301246480032014-04-14T19:48:59.825-04:002014-04-14T19:48:59.825-04:00My teenage nephews don't write cursive, except...My teenage nephews don't write cursive, except to sign their names. They learned in school, but there was no emphasis on USING handwriting, as everything is typing/keyboarding. <br /><br />Love all the stories and comments here today! Jim and Denise and Reine--I needed a laugh today! I'm a lefty, use cursive/printing,fairly legible (at least to me), all my writing projects begin on a yellow notepad, as do notes in progress, journal entries, cards, etc.<br /><br />And I agree with those who feel that we are losing something special--when I find a letter or note written by a loved one or a friend, it's like Julia noted, I feel blessed again. My mother's writing instantly recognizable as HER, my grandmother's, my father's. I think I hold onto somethings not for the content, but for the connection--physical, tangible evidence--in a way that a typed letter can never be--of that person. And now I'm getting maudlin and will stop.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-87186793487057754682014-04-14T19:40:57.701-04:002014-04-14T19:40:57.701-04:00Yes, nothing better than Mail, Cindy! IN fact, we&...Yes, nothing better than Mail, Cindy! IN fact, we're dong a blog about it soon! xoxoHank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-37021839735838971822014-04-14T18:33:25.164-04:002014-04-14T18:33:25.164-04:00LOL! My father's handwriting was so bad that h...LOL! My father's handwriting was so bad that he would type out checks! I saved a couple of the letters I got from him in college - I was the envy of the dorm because I got mail from my dad!<br />ps - he was a newspaper reporter/editor and used the typewriter all the time.CindyDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-61860104931263324232014-04-14T17:14:50.651-04:002014-04-14T17:14:50.651-04:00Marianne, very very cool!
And yeah, mine is in Ga...Marianne, very very cool!<br /><br />And yeah, mine is in Gaelic, too. Sort of.<br /><br />Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-41511402857445070852014-04-14T16:44:30.046-04:002014-04-14T16:44:30.046-04:00I am pretty proud of my penmanship. It's alwa...I am pretty proud of my penmanship. It's always been one of my strong suits. I was in a combined 7th and 8th grade for two years. The first of every month for those two years we had to write the date and "This is a sample of my penmanship" on a legal sized sheet of lined paper. Sister Adelina kept all the sheets (there were only 12 of us) on a clipboard in the front of the classroom. She'd show it to anyone who visited.<br /><br />I took calligraphy classes, too. And I adore writing with a fountain pen.<br /><br />I have been a member of the Electoral College so my signature is on file with the National Archives. I took extra care writing that!Marianne in Mainenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-20809256245837784832014-04-14T16:39:18.646-04:002014-04-14T16:39:18.646-04:00Reine, I am still laughing at your ambidextrous re...Reine, I am still laughing at your ambidextrous response!<br /><br />Reminds me that one of my sisters (the one next in line after me) is left-handed, and our "baby" sister also is left-handed. The youngest tells us that she made a conscious decision to be a "lefty" because she idolized the left-handed older sister!(I don't know what that says about the rest of us in the family:-) These days,Baby Sister can no longer write in cursive, thanks to MS, but she still manages to print legibly (with her other hand.)<br /><br />I believe my 8th grade teacher was shocked when I was one of the kids selected by a missionary priest to address envelopes for a charitable event to raise money for his mission. Even my parents were surprised when I told them!Deb Romanonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-62270626420285758502014-04-14T15:28:54.409-04:002014-04-14T15:28:54.409-04:00Kathy Reel -
Diana Gabaldon typically writes som...Kathy Reel - <br /><br />Diana Gabaldon typically writes something in Gaelic to go with the theme of that particular book. <br /><br />There was once a page or post on her website that translated the words she usually uses, but I can't seem to find it anymore.<br /><br />But unlike with Hank's signed book, in this case, it really *isn't* in English. ;)<br /><br />(I have all my copies of Gabaldon's books signed)Kristopherhttp://www.bolobooks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-80585670998095265042014-04-14T15:20:31.306-04:002014-04-14T15:20:31.306-04:00OH, Ellen, I'm with you. My signature looks li...OH, Ellen, I'm with you. My signature looks like--well, it looks like what was that shorthand method called--ah, I will remember as soon as I hit enter.<br /><br />Reine, you are hilarious. Ambidextrously hilarious. ANd ambidextrously non-compliant. LOVE that.<br /><br />And Karen in Ohio--remember the book report song from Charlie Brown? <br /><br />And yup, NOTHING is as bad as captcha-which wants me to use an umlaut. I have decided to be noncompliant. Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-17140272077391978902014-04-14T15:18:16.315-04:002014-04-14T15:18:16.315-04:00What a great topic! I could read some of your sam...What a great topic! I could read some of your samples, the other reminded me of students I strongly encouraged to type their homework. One young man was extraordinarily happy when I told him I would accept printed rather than cursive work because "it's good enough for my dad's stories, so it's good enough for yours."<br />I only write clearly now for a couple of lines, and then my hand deteriorates, but I used to write quite well, for a left-hander with the hooked-over grip (thanks to my second grade teacher's insistence on papers tilting HER way). <br />I do think some familiarity with cursive is necessary, though perhaps with less emphasis than in former years . . . much the same as the treatment of spelling, taught but with less stringency. The school day can only hold so much and students have different aptitudes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-2314589343866830642014-04-14T15:08:06.589-04:002014-04-14T15:08:06.589-04:00No matter how illegible one's handwriting is, ...No matter how illegible one's handwriting is, it can't be as indecipherable as "captcha." <br /><br />That said, I was trained in Spencerian cursive, but somewhere in high school, I developed that fat semi-printing, semi-cursive prep school style. It lasted until about 10 years ago when it suddenly disintegrated into incomprehensibility. <br /><br />Now, as to my signature, it was fairly legible until 1976. That was the year that I was not only practicing law full time (which required my notary signature several times a day and signatures on correspondence and court filings, plus tons of signatures on my own checks and credit card slips), but I also served as the State Treasurer on the Udall for President Wisconsin primary campaign. As treasurer, I signed 100 paychecks every Friday for six weeks, plus weekly filings with the FEC, and all the checks the campaign had to issue (someday I'll write about that chaos, but the wound is still too fresh). My signature disintegrated totally. Even I can't read it now. <br />Ellen Kozaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-30751213014808063942014-04-14T15:00:30.522-04:002014-04-14T15:00:30.522-04:00Hank... YES!!!!!Hank... YES!!!!!Maureen Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499876353651763590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-15256703240762346992014-04-14T14:59:13.129-04:002014-04-14T14:59:13.129-04:00Another quickie then I'm back to writing. When...Another quickie then I'm back to writing. Whenever I got a new wheelchair, the PT would ask if I was right or left handed. I'd say I was ambidextrous. Then they would ask which hand I used. I'd say either one. They'd ask which I preferred. I'd say it didn't matter. I was reported for being "noncompliant." I reported them back. They referred me to a psychiatrist for testing. I was put through a three-hour battery of physical performance tests, four hours of psych assessments, and a two-hour mental health/status interview. They found out I am ambidextrous.<br /><br />Now I can type again. Back to writing. BBLMaureen Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499876353651763590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-28911413334927895682014-04-14T14:53:16.028-04:002014-04-14T14:53:16.028-04:00Yeah, Pat D! But don't talk to me about math....Yeah, Pat D! But don't talk to me about math. If it's 8 plus 6, I have to really think about it. Somehow 8 plus 6 and 8 plus 5 elude me.<br /><br />I have to do 8 plus 4 plus 2.Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.com