national handwriting day

[Scot LaFaive]

Wow, not being able to tell the time from a clock? That is bad. But I still
see cursive writing as (much!) less important than that. Then again, maybe
we should start burning all non-digital clocks now before they become too
obsolete.
Scot


>From: FRITZ JUENGLING <juengling_fritz at SALKEIZ.K12.OR.US>
>Reply-To: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>Subject: Re: national handwriting day
>Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 08:50:58 -0800
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> >>> spiderrmonkey at HOTMAIL.COM 1/12/2007 8:02 AM >>>
>Although I understand your pain, I (someone who once learned cursive)
>find
>cursive to be unnecessary. Printing works just as well, it just isn't
>as
>"fancy" or "pretty." But that's just my controversial take on the
>matter.
>
>Scot
>
>I guess I put this in the same category with teenagers not knowing how
>to tie their shoes or tell time on a traditional clock.  These things
>just seem like common knowledge to me, but they're not.  I had a girl
>only a few weeks ago when we were learning time just sit and look at me
>when I asked her the time.  She couldn't say anything.  She's bright and
>I had done a good job of teaching the concept. Finally, she just blurted
>out that she couldn't tell time on a traditional clock.  Since she
>couldn't do it in English, she wasn't able to do it in German.  I really
>wonder what these kids think about and how they deal with the world
>around them.  I guess they just ignore a lot of things.
>Fritz
> >
> >
> > >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=
> > >
> > >about it on
> > >the Web of Language:
> > >
> > >"January 23 is National Handwriting Day.  WIMA, the Writing
>Implement
> >=20=
> > >
> > >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=
> > >
> > >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
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Dennis Baron
> > >Professor of English and Linguistics
> > >Department of English
> > >University of Illinois
> > >608 S. Wright St.
> > >Urbana, IL 61801
> > >
> > >office: 217-244-0568
> > >fax: 217-333-4321
> > >
> > >www.uiuc.edu/goto/debaron
> > >
> > >read the Web of Language:
> > >www.uiuc.edu/goto/weboflanguage
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