national handwriting day

[Joel S. Berson]

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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>>Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>>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
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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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>>read the Web of Language:
>>www.uiuc.edu/goto/weboflanguage
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