How do you write your numbers?

Abi · 07-09-2011 12:28PM

Like this : http://i52.tinypic.com/2zfo4d0.jpg

I cross my sevens, and sometimes my fives look like an S. sometimes my 9's will be open, as does my 0's. I actually can't write straight, so my writing has a slant.

kfallon · 07-09-2011 12:30PM

I write mine like this:

11/10
5/4
11/8
6/4
13/8
7/4
15/8
2/1
9/4
5/2
11/4
3/1
10/3
7/2
4/1
9/2
5/1
11/2

etc etc :P

pickarooney · 07-09-2011 03:29PM

Abi wrote: »

Like this : http://i52.tinypic.com/2zfo4d0.jpg

I cross my sevens, and sometimes my fives look like an S. sometimes my 9's will be open, as does my 0's. I actually can't write straight, so my writing has a slant.

Your fives look like superheroes.

I can't find any consistent pattern in my own numbers - pretty much every digit has a few different variations.

teddy b123 · 07-09-2011 03:39PM

Like so:

cosmicfart · 07-09-2011 03:44PM

一億二千三百四十五万六千七百八十九 ah-so!

KnifeWRENCH · 07-09-2011 03:51PM

Ooh I quite like this thread. Very original.

pickarooney wrote: »

1: No-messing straight down line or a fancy little hat or even a European-style swishy bit that's as long as the body?
Just a straight line.

2: Not much room for manoeuvre but some prefer to loop a little before finising off the horizontal line
I don't bother with that loop.

3: Two curly bits or an angular top and roundy bottom?
All curly. Don't like 3's with flat bits on top/

4: Closed, like an A or open at the top?
Open at top.

5: Do you start or finish with the hat?
Finish with the hat. That's the way I was thought in school so I've kept it up.

6: Straight line down or curled, like an upside-down E?
Wat sort of heathen puts a straight line in their 6? :eek: That form of 6 may be acceptable for digital watches and stuff but certainly not when written down. Curly all the way.

7. Bar across the middle or no?
No bar.

8: Do you make the ends meet or not?
Yes....otherwise it looks like someone started writing an 8, got lazy and left it unfinished.

9: Circle and a straight line down or a single swirl?
Circle and straight line. Single swirl is too swirly. A good 9 should have a strong, straight vertical tail. Not of this curly swirly malarky.

0: Some bizarre twist on the classic circle/oval?
No, but now that I've noticed how boring my 0's are I'm gonna have to try and improve them somehow....

Dravokivich · 07-09-2011 03:57PM

KnifeWRENCH wrote: »

Ooh I quite like this thread. Very original.

I'm waiting for the opposing thread in regards to "how do you write your letters?"

:pac:

Abi · 07-09-2011 03:57PM

pickarooney wrote: »

Your fives look like superheroes.

Had to have another look at that to see what you meant, they do a bit

Its the number that goes against my slant, so it looks oddball against the others. I remember years ago reading up about writing styles and what they're supposed to mean. Even if you don't buy the whole thing, it's interesting reading. I was amused by this one;

"Be wary of the person whose writing sways like the reeds"

Nuh oh. I'm a bad person :pac:

WinstonOno · 07-09-2011 04:00PM

does it really matter op?? pointless thread

teddy b123 · 07-09-2011 04:02PM

WinstonOno wrote: »

does it really matter op?? pointless thread

Do any of the threads in AH matter?

Captain_Generic · 07-09-2011 04:02PM

In crayon

WinstonOno · 07-09-2011 04:07PM

teddy b123 wrote: »

Do any of the threads in AH matter?

at least some are worth a read, how other people write their numbers is not

Abi · 07-09-2011 04:07PM

WinstonOno wrote: »

does it really matter op?? pointless thread

It's light-hearted banter. If there's something you'd rather discuss, start another thread.

Full.Duck · 07-09-2011 04:08PM

bluewolf wrote: »

Why wouldn't you! It looks bare if you don't!

I cross my Zs as well.

The same, cross my Zs because when doing maths it could look like a 2

Dravokivich · 07-09-2011 04:10PM

Full.Duck wrote: »

The same, cross my Zs because when doing maths it could look like a 2

Hmm, when doing maths I always kept letters lower case for algebra/formulas to try and stop any confusion.

gargleblaster · 07-09-2011 04:23PM

1: No-messing straight down line

2: With a loop, and the line is curved too

3: Two curly bits

4: open at the top, angled shorter vertical line, curves as it crosses the second horizontal line

5: start with the hat

6: curled, like an upside-down (elongated, and straightened) E

7. Not always a bar across the middle (depends on how sloppy it looks), but usually a very small vertical line at the left hand side of the top line

8: Do you make the ends meet or not? Yes, but often the end line goes above the start.

9: Circle and a straight line down

0: Some bizarre twist on the classic circle/oval? Is a diagonal line through it considered bizarre?

iamstop · 07-09-2011 04:38PM

http://youtu.be/kn38f5M7_wA

Like this ^^^

Nulty · 07-09-2011 05:39PM

This should be a thread in the Cool pics and links forum with pictures.

Capt'n Midnight · 07-09-2011 05:51PM

My 4's and 9's look similar

and sometimes my 11's :eek:

Niles · 07-09-2011 06:04PM

Cross me 7s and use "open top" 4s. Oh and curly top 3s.

gargleblaster · 07-09-2011 06:12PM

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

My 4's and 9's look similar and sometimes my 11's :eek:

NothingMan · 07-09-2011 06:14PM

0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9

I never use a pen and paper anymore. From the odd card I write I can only imagine how terribly unitelligable(sp?) it would be.

FTGFOP · 07-09-2011 07:09PM

Abi wrote: »

Like this : http://i52.tinypic.com/2zfo4d0.jpg

Somebody told the 7 it was fancy dress, but it wasn't.

Abi · 07-09-2011 07:14PM

FTGFOP wrote: »

Somebody told the 7 it was fancy dress, but it wasn't.

Well 5 came as a superhero apparently.

Reminds me of the episode Del and Rodney turned up at the funeral afters as Batman and Robin.

kfallon · 07-09-2011 07:15PM

Abi wrote: »

Well 5 came as a superhero apparently.

Reminds me of the episode Del and Rodney turned up at a wake as Batman and Robin.

What a cracker, watched 5 episodes back to back on UK Gold on Sunday afternoon, they still are so brilliant, laughed me hole off!

Chuck Stone · 07-09-2011 07:18PM

Pfff - Rookies.

http://shop.mybabycelebration.co.uk/user/products/large/db_giant_abacus_new_copy1.jpg

quickbeam · 07-09-2011 07:34PM

1: No-messing straight down line

2: No loop, looks a bit like a Z

3: Two curly bits

4: open at the top?

5: Start with the hat. Weirdly, I do the horizontal left to right then back to the left to do my roundy bit. Do the same with capital Es

6: Curly, but usually no time to make the end of the curl meet so it's left "open".

7. No bar, though I have gone through phases of my life where I did a bar. I've stuck with no bar for many a year now though.

8: Usually not enough time or inclination to make the ends meet.

9: Circle and a straight line

0: Just a regular attempt at a spherical.

Dravokivich wrote: »

Like this.

Freaky - your 8s start on the upper left instead of upper right. Just looks so ... wrong.

07-09-2011 08:26PM

ok here's mine

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v660/blueywolf/numbers.jpg

newbee22 · 07-09-2011 08:34PM

0: Round and round and round we go that's the way to make a zero!
1: Start at the top and down we run, that's the way to make a one!
2: Around and back on the railroad track, two, two, two!
3: Around the tree, around the tree, that's the way to make a three!
4: Down and over and down some more, that's the way to make a four!
5: Down and around and a flag on high, that's the way to make a five!
6: Around the loop, the number six rolls a loop!
7: Across the sky and down from heaven, that's the way to make a seven!
8: Make an s and do not wait that's the way to make an eight!
9: Make a loop and then a line, that's the way to make a nine!

Drummed into my head since when I was teaching infants!!!:o:o:o

Abi · 07-09-2011 08:48PM

bluewolf wrote: »

ok here's mine

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v660/blueywolf/numbers.jpg

It's not terribly unlike my own, though you can write straight

How do you write your numbers?

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