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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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Falalalalah · 07/11/2024 12:13

Your cs and ks are slightly difficult to distinguish, but I didn't have any difficulty at all with either sample.

GeminiGiggles · 07/11/2024 12:12

I like your handwriting... but then I like a puzzle so err... yeah not entirely legible sorry.

DoAWheelie · 07/11/2024 12:12

He's right. I struggled to read that. You barely form some letters at all and use the same shapes for several making it really hard to see the difference.

Funnywonder · 07/11/2024 12:10

I can read the second piece of writing, but only with effort. I had to scan it a couple of times for context. I would probably get used to it if I had to read it all the time. A boss I had years ago couldn't read his own writing and regularly used to ask me to translate his scribbles😆 I could usually manage, but only if there were enough words, if that makes sense.

Overtheatlantic · 07/11/2024 12:10

Are you a gp?

RadioBaBa · 07/11/2024 12:10

As the doctor wrote...

EilonwyWithRedGoldHair · 07/11/2024 12:10

I could read all the bed related example except corrosion.

My writing can be pretty awful - I minute meetings and if I don't type them up within a week so that I still have clear memories of what was talked about, I sometimes can't decipher my own writing!

Anonymousess · 07/11/2024 12:08

I read it only because it’s a common phrase. Your writing is difficult to read because there’s loops where there shouldn’t be loops. The first letter “T” looks like “e” for example

RadioBaBa · 07/11/2024 12:08

He's obviously never tried to read medical handwriting! If that's the benchmark your handwriting is lovely and clear.

Singleandproud · 07/11/2024 12:07

I can decipher most things having worked in schools for years.

You are inconsistent with joining your 'O', joining them all at the top would improve legibility significantly.

MrsBennetsPoorNerves · 07/11/2024 12:07

Goody2ShoesAndTheFilthyBeast · 07/11/2024 11:40

It says
Visual inspection of bed for wear, deformation, corrosion and damage.
Check lifting actuators both ends.

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Yeah, I didn't manage to get all of the words. Your handwriting is pretty hard to read, sorry.

bifurCAT · 07/11/2024 12:07

DancingNotDrowning · 07/11/2024 11:37

I agree with your DH.

i can read it because I know what is supposed to say

brown = Braun

dog = day

fox = lap or fax

over, lazy and jump without context are illegible

brown = Braun

Well that works too! - OP is secretly German!

Incakewetrust · 07/11/2024 12:07

I'm sorry but I couldn't read it at all.

Bugpuffin · 07/11/2024 12:06

I can only read that because I know what it's supposed say.

What you've actually written is: "The quille brain fax jumps owen the lacy day," to my eyes.

Balloonhearts · 07/11/2024 12:05

I can't read that and my handwriting is godawful.

SilverChampagne · 07/11/2024 12:04

PinkArt · 07/11/2024 12:01

Because my handwriting is terrible (someone once thought I was writing in shorthand. I wasn't) one of my superpowers at work is deciphering other bad handwriting on paperwork. I got most of yours but struggled and some words only made sense because of the rest of the sentence. So I agree with him but fuck it, we can't all be good at everything!

It’s hardly a question of “being good at” handwriting, is it? She’s not 6 years old.
But unless op is writing in her diary for her eyes only, it’s communication for someone else and, particularly in a work setting, needs to be legible.

theemmadilemma · 07/11/2024 12:03

Goody2ShoesAndTheFilthyBeast · 07/11/2024 11:40

It says
Visual inspection of bed for wear, deformation, corrosion and damage.
Check lifting actuators both ends.

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actuators was the only word I couldn't quite get, and if I was in the business I expect I would have.

It's not worse than my Grandfathers who's was very difficult to decipher.

PinkArt · 07/11/2024 12:01

SkylarH · 07/11/2024 12:00

Quick, brown and dog look more like quill, brain and day :/

I also have bad hand writing, so I just write in non cursive all caps when I can't type

stayathomer · 07/11/2024 12:00

Sorry I don’t think I can read the full sentence 🙈

blackpear · 07/11/2024 11:59

In second note I can't read 'corrosion' or 'actuators'.

potatocakesinprogress · 07/11/2024 11:59

If you remember to close your legs, why are you forgetting to close your g's?

LoquaciousPineapple · 07/11/2024 11:59

The second is again readable from context, but if you took each word individually or jumbled them up, I wouldn't be certain. Inspection looks more like inspector. The last letter of "wear" isn't clear. And Deformation looks like Defomnatia. Corrosion and actuators are illegible to me.

Even with the context, I'm having to really focus to read it. I'd be really annoyed if I had to deal with someone's handwriting like this on a regular basis. Ultimately readable but wasting a lot of my time to do so.

SkylarH · 07/11/2024 11:59

Ooh it's bad
First couple of words are legible, then I just knew the saying

blackpear · 07/11/2024 11:58

Agree with your DH - sorry. I could only read 'jumps' because I know what the sentence should be.

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