national handwriting day

[Tom Zurinskas]

Cursive handwriting may be dieing out.  Only 15% of college applications are
in cursive.


Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL4+
See truespel.com and the 4 truespel books at authorhouse.com.





>From: Dennis Baron <debaron at UIUC.EDU>
>Reply-To: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>Subject: national handwriting day
>Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 23:51:34 -0600
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>Poster:       Dennis Baron <debaron at UIUC.EDU>
>Subject:      national handwriting day
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>It's time to celebrate National Handwriting Day, and you can read all =20=
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>about it on
>the Web of Language:
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>"January 23 is National Handwriting Day.  WIMA, the Writing Implement =20=
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>Manufacturers Association, which has sponsored the event for thirty =20
>years, wants you to take a break from =93the rigorous world of =20
>electronic communication=94 and write =93a good, old-fashioned letter, =20=
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>complete with your penned signature,=94 just like John Hancock.  In =20
>fact WIMA picked Jan. 23 for National Handwriting Day to coincide =20
>with Hancock=92s birthday.  Actually John Hancock, author of the =20
>largest and most famous American signature, was born not on Jan. 23 =20
>but on Jan. 12.  But that's not the point.  ... "  find out what the =20
>point is, and lots more about National Handwriting Day. at
>
>the Web of Language
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>
>Dennis Baron
>Professor of English and Linguistics
>Department of English
>University of Illinois
>608 S. Wright St.
>Urbana, IL 61801
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>office: 217-244-0568
>fax: 217-333-4321
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>www.uiuc.edu/goto/debaron
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>read the Web of Language:
>www.uiuc.edu/goto/weboflanguage
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