national handwriting day

[Scot LaFaive]

I learned cursive in elementary school, but now I only use it for
signatures. Having not used it in years, I find it a very alien mechanisms.

Scot


>From: "Joel S. Berson" <Berson at ATT.NET>
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>Subject: Re: national handwriting day
>Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 10:25:58 -0500
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>The other 85%, I suppose, never having learned cursive, just print.
>I guess we do need a National Handwriting Day -- or freshman remedial
>class.
>
>Joel
>
>At 1/12/2007 10:17 AM, you wrote:
> >Cursive handwriting may be dieing out.  Only 15% of college applications
>are
> >in cursive.
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> >
> >Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL4+
> >See truespel.com and the 4 truespel books at authorhouse.com.
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> >>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
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> >>about it on
> >>the Web of Language:
> >>
> >>"January 23 is National Handwriting Day.  WIMA, the Writing Implement
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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,
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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
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> >>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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