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Dull and pointless thread: To think that my husband is wrong and my handwriting is perfectly legible.

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Goody2ShoesAndTheFilthyBeast · 07/11/2024 11:27

I jotted down some notes for my husband and he said I write like a doctor 😂

Aibu to say he is wrong and my handwriting is fine. (Also, anyone want to show theirs?)

YANBU - he's wrong.
YABU - he's not right.

No that was not a mistake.

Dull and pointless thread: To think that my husband is wrong and my handwriting is perfectly legible.
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SabreIsMyFave · 07/11/2024 21:20

Your writing (on your post at 14.46) is still bloody awful @Goody2ShoesAndTheFilthyBeast It's mostly illegible.

Why are you insisting it looks 'nice?' It's giving me a headache trying to read it!

PinkArt · 07/11/2024 21:02

Goody2ShoesAndTheFilthyBeast · 07/11/2024 14:46

Ok. While in no way admitting defeat or that my lovely husband could potentially not be completely wrong on this occasion- Would anyone at least agree that if you turn it sideways and look at it the way I wrote it, it looks nice? 😁

(Still dull and pointless thread but hey, I'm here, you're here...

I'd sort of forgotten that I did the 90 degree page twist thing when I was younger too (waves in left handed) but stopped at some point. I'm thinking I might give it a go at work to see if it helps with my illegible to do lists.

WhatASadLittleLifeJayne · 07/11/2024 19:31

I think he’s wrong but to make it a fair assessment you should have used an unknown phrase. Your writing is nicer and more consistent than mine!

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Goody2ShoesAndTheFilthyBeast · 07/11/2024 19:29

SoNiceToComeHomeTo · 07/11/2024 19:22

It's really hard to read. But does it matter what we think? The problem is communicating with your husband in writing, not total strangers judging which of you is right! He clearly can't read it.

No. That's true. It doesn't matter at all what you think.
This is really more of a chat really.

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AllProperTeaIsTheft · 07/11/2024 19:25

I've had 30 years of reading kids' written work, so it wasn't hard for me ('ve seen a LOT worse!), but objectively it's not very clear tbh.

Jessie1259 · 07/11/2024 19:24

Yeah illegible, you join up too many letters. Some (IMO) just aren't meant to be joined - z and x particularly. Your first post looks like a 'lacy dey'. The stalks of your letters are too loopy as well. Sorry OP, your writing is pretty but it's also pretty awful!

SoNiceToComeHomeTo · 07/11/2024 19:22

It's really hard to read. But does it matter what we think? The problem is communicating with your husband in writing, not total strangers judging which of you is right! He clearly can't read it.

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Goody2ShoesAndTheFilthyBeast · 07/11/2024 19:17

I wouldn't say I'm arty. I have crafting hobbies but not quite the same thing.

Chaotic cursive I like it

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BookishType · 07/11/2024 18:57

It reminds me of the handwriting of a French relative of mine. Are you French, OP?

Anyway, nearly all of my female friends have what I’d call teenager handwriting - basic, one step up from printing style. All looks the same.

Brava to your chaotic cursive!

FranticFrankie · 07/11/2024 18:34

It’s very loopy and fancy; are you very arty??

LastNight1Dreamt1WentToManderleyAgain · 07/11/2024 16:11

Very easy to read. It's a style of handwriting that was commonly taught around the world.

DoYouReally · 07/11/2024 16:06

You should write him a note in block capitals.

YES, YOU ARE RIGHT MY HANDWRITING IS DIFFICULT TO READ.

😀

Talipesmum · 07/11/2024 15:29

Haha OP - yes it looks nice, and it’s also a bit hard to read in places. One up on mine which just looks like an angry spider wielding a pen, and is still hard to read unless I try hard!

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Goody2ShoesAndTheFilthyBeast · 07/11/2024 14:46

Ok. While in no way admitting defeat or that my lovely husband could potentially not be completely wrong on this occasion- Would anyone at least agree that if you turn it sideways and look at it the way I wrote it, it looks nice? 😁

(Still dull and pointless thread but hey, I'm here, you're here...

Dull and pointless thread: To think that my husband is wrong and my handwriting is perfectly legible.
Dull and pointless thread: To think that my husband is wrong and my handwriting is perfectly legible.
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dizzydizzydizzy · 07/11/2024 14:23

Hard to read - tc and l look the same, the o, a and z are unclear

ChristmasFluff · 07/11/2024 14:19

I can read it, but I can read doctors' handwriting too, and handwriting in parish ledgers from the 1700s, so I'm pretty good at interpreting.

My handwriting looks horrible (tall and skinny, but good pressure), but is very legible. Yours is the opposite I'm afraid! I'm also a left-hander - I tilt my hand right down (wrist very low down, fingers up to the line I'm writing on) so I can write without smudging.

Didimum · 07/11/2024 14:18

Most lefties have poor handwriting – my DH does. It's fairly illegible, OP. I would just try your best to write more clearly if leaving necessary notes for others. Print in caps for example

WigglyVonWaggly · 07/11/2024 14:16

I can read the first perfectly but that’s because I know what the sentence you’ve written says. Just under half of the letters of the alphabet aren’t clearly formed in your example so when you wrote the second piece it wasn’t clear. For example, in the first piece OG looks like EY. If you write frog, does it look like FREY?

MaterCogitaVera · 07/11/2024 14:15

I had a lot of training in reading weird handwriting during my degree in medieval studies, and I’m usually pretty good at it. I would still struggle to decipher your script, OP! (I also struggle to read my own sometimes 😁)

BatshitCrazyWoman · 07/11/2024 14:13

MikeRafone · 07/11/2024 13:07

i Find handwriting emotive, looking at my mums handwritten recipes is rather comforting.

when dad died I found a folder of her recipes and have made them into a family cook book, using a plastic folder book and inserting the paper recipes. ( no it’s not acid free please don’t shot me for that)

My late Mum's handwriting was very similar to your Mum's. I have recipes she wrote 😍

zingally · 07/11/2024 13:57

I agree with your DH. Sorry OP. It's too "flouncy" with too many loops and flourishes.

DieStrassensindimmernass · 07/11/2024 13:55

Goody2ShoesAndTheFilthyBeast · 07/11/2024 13:06

Yes .
They do.
That was the joke.

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You're still wrong.

GasPanic · 07/11/2024 13:39

Goody2ShoesAndTheFilthyBeast · 07/11/2024 12:24

I pretty much taught myself. I am left handed and can't write across the page over my writing because it's always been really painful. So I turn my paper sideways and write down towards myself iyswim. Which always got me in trouble at school!

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It shows.

In school they used to make kids do something called writing patterns.

Basically long lines of the same letter all joined up in the same way. This makes the way you write each letter identical and the joining consistent.

The fact that you are self taught shows in the respect that you don't consistently join your letters. it's important, because it is often how you join that helps define what the letter is. So for example o, e can be quite similar, but kids were taught o joins at the top and e joins at the bottom.

I have no idea whether kids are taught this way these days.

I had a kind of similar problem in Chinese. I learnt the symbols to read. I thought I could communicate with a Chinese person by writing. But as you write they watch the order you do the strokes. Because my order was all screwed up, they couldn't figure out what I was writing.

Whatever123456789 · 07/11/2024 13:26

I can mostly read it, but it's hard and it hurts my brain.
So I don't want to.

It's like text speak in the old days, I just can't be bothered trying after a while and just give up.

BTW, my handwriting isn't great either but if it's for someone else I try harder.

Commonsense22 · 07/11/2024 13:24

I couldn't decipher that