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eyepaddle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 01:21 PM
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Poll question: When taking notes by hand do you (usually) print or write in cursive
Today's poll is brought to you by eyepaddle's random Friday afternoon curiousity,
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gbate Donating Member (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 01:27 PM
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1. Usually it's a combination of both.
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 02:20 PM
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3. Me too.
I thought I was weird for doing that...
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 04:57 PM
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19. Me, too. In the same word sometimes.
Some letters flow well together, some don't.
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mwooldri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 06:14 PM
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24. Complete mix up for me here as well.
Depends on mood, etc.

Though whether you can call it hand writing or an incomprehensible scribble is down to personal taste. I don't do a lot of hand writing anymore so I am sure it's getting worse and worse.
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Inspired Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 06:15 PM
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25. Me too and my writing has gotten very sloppy over the years.
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pinniped Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 02:18 PM
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2. Cursive is faster for me.
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suninvited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 02:25 PM
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4. I am very old, lol
I know shorthand
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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 02:30 PM
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6. My sister used shorthand to take notes in college classes.
Her younger classmates were in awe of her ability to record EVERYTHING that she heard, if she so chose.
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Petrushka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 04:41 PM
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16. ditto
Edited on Fri Aug-21-09 04:44 PM by Petrushka
Gregg method shorthand.

:hi:
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Glorfindel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 04:43 PM
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17. Me, too...Gregg Diamond Jubilee
Such a shame that it's a dead art nowadays.
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Mugu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 02:29 PM
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5. Except when forced to write in cursive at school
I have always printed. My printing is only ugly, my writing is unintelligible.
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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 02:31 PM
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7. Cursive. I can write at about three times the speed that way. n/t
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 02:40 PM
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8. I use my weird hybrid script
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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 02:41 PM
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9. You know what's sad?
I actually had to look at some of my notes to figure out the answer.
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eyepaddle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 03:08 PM
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11. LOL
That's awesome!

For the record I generally print.
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surrealAmerican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 02:43 PM
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10. I can write much faster with cursive, but ...
... if I want to be able to read it later, I need to print.
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SidneyCarton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 03:26 PM
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12. Print
My cursive could be mistaken for Arabic, it's so hard to read.
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Beer Snob-50 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 03:26 PM
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13. it is a weird combination of both.
the spelling is usually bad but i can figure it out.
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Kat45 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 04:27 PM
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14. I print because it give me a better chance of being able to read it later.
My handwriting, including printing, is so bad that I'm lucky if I can read it myself, never mind anyone else being able to read it. And weirdly, my handwriting wasn't bad when I was younger. Sucks. :shrug:
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theNotoriousP.I.G. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 04:36 PM
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15. I can't read my own writing anymore
I write out grocery lists in half German half English and I have a serious case of the Denglish. I write in cursive, which makes it all the worse.
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 04:55 PM
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18. The only thing I write in cursive is my signature. nt
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AllenVanAllen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 05:06 PM
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20. Print is what I use



due to the fact my cursive looks like it's written with a broken and twisted foot.
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Pharlo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 05:59 PM
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21. Personal notes - cursive.
Notes at work - print in capital block letters.

I also prefer unlined paper. I HATE lined paper.
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 06:08 PM
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22. I never learned to write "cursive," so it's print. Including my signature, and you can
imagine the fights I've had with government agencies throughout the years.

Redstone
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 06:13 PM
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23. Print
but sometimes it's a combo of both.
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