Social Science Running writing

[Kram]

Kids at least mostly called it running writing when I was growing up.

 

[Natho]

Was never any good at it anyway. Neither was I good at printing.

 

[Tarkyn_24]

Kids at least mostly called it running writing when I was growing up.

Might be a Perth thing.

My cursive writing nowadays is generally "*first two letters of word* *line*"

 

[Caesar]

I hand-wrote a shedload lot of stuff at university - making and copying notes and summaries was how I memorised stuff. After I finished, I virtually stopped writing altogether and my handwriting deteriorated quite badly - within a few years it was very slow and even more illegible (which is saying a lot).

I started writing people letters to keep my hand in, which has improved things substantially. Even an hour a week makes a big difference.

 

[Dont be a lemon]

Wikipedia accepts Straya as a valid way of searching for Australia

Cursive, also known as script, joined-up writing, joint writing, running writing, or handwriting is any style of penmanship in which the symbols of the language are written in a conjoined and/or flowing manner, generally for the purpose of making writing faster.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cursive

 

[BABYBOMBERS2007]

I have been doing cursive writing since before pre-primary, and I still do it today. It is far quicker than printing so I see no need to not do it.

 

[TheFreshBanana]

You know what's weird?

Asian kids always have the best cursive handwriting. Like, it is much much much better than anybody I have ever seen from Australia. But then I realise how many hours of just writing nonsensical English that they can't understand, and I cry a little inside.

 

[BotsMaster]

Everyone calls it cursive

Have always called it running writing.

 

[Caesar]

Cursive is more common in America.

 

[Hank Scorpion]

Have never heard it referred to as running writing

Did this in my exams and its much faster than printing letter by letter, problem is I spend 5 minutes correcting illegible words.

 

[Milang_Panthers]

Agreed it can be annoying to read. My handwriting goes from "not quite perfect yet tantalisingly attractive" in block writing to "teenager drawing pubic hair" in linked/cursive/running.

I never bothered to get better at it though because my print was fine otherwise.
All i heard in school was;
Year 2 - You better practice linked script because it's all they accept in Primary School.
Year 5 - You better practice linked script because it's all they accept in Year 6 and 7.
Year 7 - You better practice linked script because it's all they accept in High School.

Then you get to High School and the teachers are like "LIGAF."

Yep this is what they told us too! But it was more like "we won't let you graduate unless you can do it.

 

[stmookeyj]

There are 2 types of cursive in the world. Running writing is the example of Modern Cursive.....wouldn't you like to F*****g know what the f*** ancient f*****g cursive is for f***s sake.

 

[Catfish Alley]

Never heard of running writing. It's always been cursive to me. I kind of do it but my writing is pretty terrible. Would have made a good doctor if I had the desire.....or brains.

 

[courtjester]

Copperplate was phased out as I learnt to write. Wish it wasn't, cos it looks good.

We learnt Victorian Cursive Script:

Just doesn't look as good.

 

[Impunity!]

Same, but with cuneiform script

 

[woopedazz]

I just write as quickly as I can and generally that means scrawling my pen across the page linking letters together in cursive.