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What's your handwriting like?

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  • 30-11-2015 7:08pm
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    Mister Vain
    Registered Users Posts: 6,041 ✭✭✭


    Mine is terrible. I don't think it has changed much since I was a child. I've always been envious of people with very neat and often calligraphic looking handwriting. Those who can jot down their signature very quickly and still make it look good. I could never do that.


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    darkpagandeath
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    times new roman


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    aaronjumper
    Registered Users Posts: 14,128 ✭✭✭✭aaronjumper


    Mister Vain wrote: »
    Mine is terrible. I don't think it has changed much since I was a child. I've always been envious of people with very neat and often calligraphic looking handwriting. Those who can jot down their signature very quickly and still make it look good. I could never do that.
    The same, my writing is atrocious altogether but most people can still read it so I guess that makes it ugly rather than illegible.


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    Tarzana2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,553 ✭✭✭Tarzana2


    Varies from excellent to terrible. I'm an accidental citóg and as such, my hand tends to get tired very quickly when I'm writing. As in, after writing only a few sentences. So, it's usually bad. When I seriously put the effort in, it's good but that's rare enough.


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    Peregrine
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 26,399 Mod ✭✭✭✭Peregrine


    I'm happy enough with it. It's cursive and it hasn't changed much since I was about 9 but it can get messy if I'm writing quickly.

    I can write my signature quickly and make it look decent though. It's a complicated name so nobody seems to check.


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    Tell me how
    Registered Users Posts: 21,519 ✭✭✭✭Tell me how


    Sometimes in meetings I purposely write poorly so that someone sitting beside me is not noting my comments.
    That being said, I don't have to try very hard. It's pretty shocking.

    I do wish I could write neatly at a reasonable speed. It's when I'm in a hurry it really gets out of whack. I think it reflects well on people who can do so.


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    Boom_Bap
    Moderators, Music Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,730 Mod ✭✭✭✭Boom_Bap


    I change mine all the time unintentionally. I'd start off nice and neat then out of nowhere it'll be block capitals, then notice the error in my ways and switch to scrawls.


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    Menas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,318 ✭✭✭✭Menas


    Mine is brutal.
    I can hardly read my own notes. And my spelling is bad. If it was not for computers I would be employed as the towns rat catcher.


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    [Deleted User]
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    Terrible handwriting, looks like something a 6 year old would write! Never really changed much. My spelling is quite good, though.


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    #10
    Frynge
    Registered Users Posts: 1,667 ✭✭✭Frynge


    People think im a doctor.


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    MilesMorales1
    Registered Users Posts: 6,431 ✭✭✭MilesMorales1


    Illegible. I had handwriting classes with a learning support assistant, right up to the age of 18, but I just can't get it right.


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    Medusa22
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,400 ✭✭✭Medusa22


    I have very child-like handwriting, it is easy to read but it just hasn't really changed at all since I was about ten, even my signature looks the same as it did. I envy people with proper ''adult'' hand-writing but at least mine is legible I suppose!


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    kfallon
    Registered Users Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    Writing out bookmaker's dockets is the only thing that keeps me in practice, otherwise it'd be absolutely brutal :o


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    Turtyturd
    Registered Users Posts: 28,394 ✭✭✭✭Turtyturd


    Tell me how wrote: »
    Sometimes in meetings I purposely write poorly so that someone sitting beside me is not noting my comments.
    That being said, I don't have to try very hard.

    Do similar myself. When I am conducting interviews I will scribble everything partly due to time constraints partly for confidentiality/anonymity. If someone's transcribing the interview I will improve the quality of the handwriting.


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    Tarzana2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,553 ✭✭✭Tarzana2


    Medusa22 wrote: »
    I have very child-like handwriting, it is easy to read but it just hasn't really changed at all since I was about ten, even my signature looks the same as it did. I envy people with proper ''adult'' hand-writing but at least mine is legible I suppose!

    Did you learn cursive in school? Learning that transitioned my writing from child-like to grown up. My friend who never learned cursive still has very childlike writing. She prints each letter separately.


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    arybvtcw0eolkf
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    I used to have really good handwriting and was often complimented on it.

    Then I worked as a radio operator using Morse Code for many years, that well and truly f*cked up my once beautiful handwriting and its never recovered.

    I'd put a doctor to shame.


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    My name is URL
    Registered Users Posts: 25,067 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    Mine's utter shite. Even my signature is rarely the same each time I sign something


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    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users Posts: 43,024 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    I can just about mark an x on the line


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    #19
    RobertKK
    Registered Users Posts: 33,730 ✭✭✭✭RobertKK


    Mine is alright, I just make sure other people can read it.

    I love a handwritten letter, but sometimes it can be hard to read.


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    Medusa22
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,400 ✭✭✭Medusa22


    Tarzana2 wrote: »
    Did you learn cursive in school? Learning that transitioned my writing from child-like to grown up. My friend who never learned cursive still has very childlike writing. She prints each letter separately.

    I did learn cursive but somehow my writing is just very straight and wide, which gives it a child-like appearance. Well, at least something about me is straight :pac:


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    kylith
    Registered Users Posts: 17,736 ✭✭✭✭kylith


    Mine is not neat but is distinctive. I get the feeling that I think it's worse than it is. It's a mix of lowercase and small uppercase letters, which seems to be a family trait.


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    Magico Gonzalez
    Registered Users Posts: 2,328 ✭✭✭Magico Gonzalez


    Awful, recently simplified my signature to a child like level just so that i could always repeat it. Left handed, having been using a laptop for years in work to takes notes. I find writing a lot to be mildly uncomfortable to write for a long time and type pretty quickly so gladly avoid using a pen if at all possible.


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    Xaracatz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 702 ✭✭✭Xaracatz


    Mine is quite small and can get wildly out of control if I'm writing in a hurry (which is most of the time if I can't take notes on the laptop). If I want someone else to read it, I write in non-joined up writing, and then it can look quite nice I think.

    My signature is missing about half the letters in my name though. With a random dot somewhere above where the "i" should be.


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    kfallon
    Registered Users Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    Xaracatz wrote: »
    Mine is quite small and can get wildly out of control......... if I'm writing in a hurry (which is most of the time if I can't take notes on the laptop). If I want someone else to read it, I write in non-joined up writing, and then it can look quite nice I think.

    My signature is missing about half the letters in my name though. With a random dot somewhere above where the "i" should be.

    Christ I was wondering where this was going!!!!


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    The_Valeyard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,452 ✭✭✭✭The_Valeyard


    A teacher of mine, long ago, once said it reminded him "of a drunken spider"


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    #26
    Son Of A Vidic
    Registered Users Posts: 32,370 ✭✭✭✭Son Of A Vidic


    Mister Vain wrote: »
    What's your handwriting like?

    Let's just say I work in the medical business, so the rest should be self explanatory for ye. Sometimes, I have difficulty reading my own writing.:(


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    Xaracatz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 702 ✭✭✭Xaracatz


    kfallon wrote: »
    Christ I was wondering where this was going!!!!

    Straight into the gutter it seems. For shame kfallon. For shame. *shakes head sadly.


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    syklops
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,969 ✭✭✭✭syklops


    Mister Vain wrote: »
    Mine is terrible. I don't think it has changed much since I was a child. I've always been envious of people with very neat and often calligraphic looking handwriting. Those who can jot down their signature very quickly and still make it look good. I could never do that.

    Put it this way, its a good thing I dont have kids. Any note I send to school, the teacher would assume the 4year old wrote himself.


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    #29
    Fluorescence
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 8,490 Mod ✭✭✭✭Fluorescence


    I like my handwriting :o I'm the only one who does though! Most people have described it to me as too small, too messy, too inconsistent and just generally scrawly.

    I do panic when someone asks me for a signature for something important though as no two signatures ever look the same :pac:


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    [Deleted User]
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    I have really nice handwriting and if I'm writing a card or an envelope I would be really fussy over making it look pretty.

    In work though my notes are scrawled.


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    Junkyard Tom
    Registered Users Posts: 10,117 ✭✭✭✭Junkyard Tom


    Consider a hen. Now consider the hen having an epileptic fit. Now consider the hen having a fit with its feet dipped in ink. Now consider the hen having a fit, spazzing across a large canvas with its ink-dipped feet leaving a trail.

    My handwriting would be jealous of the hen's trail .


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