They say the art of elegant penmanship is disappearing.
If you are still writing in “cursive” you are a member of the leftover generation who are from the Age of Wisdom.
Many others are regressing to caveman status and posting cartoons on walls to tell their stories.
But we, of the Age of Wisdom, do love to complain about lost luxuries like talking and writing.
Talking is disappearing along with longhand writing since most people are texting now. Texting is a true form of shorthand without having to learn how to really do it. There are books on how to learn shorthand, but I suppose those are extinct too.
I remember there were two teenagers in the back seat of my car who sat in stony silence.
“Why are you so quiet back there?” I asked.
“We’re texting each other.”
TALKING USED TO BE IMPORTANT FOR SOCIAL REASONS but nowadays, people go to analysts to understand why nobody talks to them.
Communication has been “dumbing” down this way, and there is now widespread use of block printing punctuated by hearts and smiley faces to demonstrate approval. Like the now missing physical hug, our vocal chords may also be in danger of going extinct.
ADVANTAGES OF SCRIPT WRITING TO THE LEFTOVER GENERATION
If most people cannot read it, then most people will not know what it says, and most people will not know how to forge it! How can anyone forge something that looks like it is written in a secret code they have never seen before?
I write all my checks in cursive now. Ha! Try forging that!
And if I want my check to be “lost in the mail”, I address it in cursive writing. How many postal clerks can figure that out, particularly if the zip code is slightly obliterated?
- Cursive held a firm place in the predawn era of interstellar connections, but is now verging on extinct. This may sound sad, but consider it a HAPPY ADVANTAGE because it is indecipherable to the uninformed.
- Script writing is beautiful when done properly, but requires training and practice. This is a primary advantage to us old timers since the copiers and forgers cannot decipher anything so written..
- Those in the know can communicate to others in the know in a code that cannot be easily translated by those who are not in the know.
- Pen pals can share deep dark secrets with no fear of being discovered.
- GURUS FROM THE AGE OF WISDOM CAN OPENLY COMPLAIN about the young and the restless now in the Age of the Uninformed who can only block print and post symbols on walls.
- As the Keepers of the Code, OURS IS THE KINGDOM OF EXPANDING SOCIAL COMPANIONSHIP and we can still talk.
Have you ever tried writing in a style where all the letters in a word are connected?
Just think how excited you will be to find you can write entire words without lifting your pencil from the paper.
Oh, I forgot. Writing paper is almost extinct too.
Cursive comes from the past participle of the Latin word currere, which means “to run.” In cursive handwriting, the letters all run into one another and the hand runs across the page, never lifting between letters. Every time a document asks for your signature at the bottom, you are meant to use this flowing cursive writing style.
Definition from: http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/cursive
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