Poll: How do you draw an 'X'..... [Poll added]

How do you draw an 'X'?

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Believe it or not, I don't have a set way to write the letter X. So I've used a variety of those depending on various factors:

When I am marking a spot, etc: I normally use 7. But I have also used 8. 5 and 6 less so, but still can do depending on if my hand if going back up or down the page to mark something.
When I am writing in English: I normally use 7. But when I scrawl (joined up handwritting), I use the rounded X, so from top left to bottom left, top right to bottom right. Or if I'm not keen on writing clearly, it becomes 6.
When I am writing in Chinese: I normally use 8.

But going through this, I have found I use all of them barring 3 and 4 as this runs counter to the language I use and the direction of the writing I am required to perform (right to left, or left to right, or top to bottom). But in Chinese, where it could go from right to left, there are no writing strokes that end up going back up as displayed in 3 and 4. So these two I hardly use.

However, I am also an arty type of person. So when the need calls for it, and if I am working in a cramped space and can't move my hand around that much, I have used 3 and 4 before, but not really to write the letter X, but using those strokes to get the image complete.

I am right handed if that helps.
 
6, 8, backwards and forwards c or like the greek letter Chi depending on what pen I'm using and whether it's cursive or not.
 
Weirdly, I had to think about this and playact it :) It's something I've done without thinking for so long that I didn't know how I did it. 7 for me. No particular reason why.

EDIT: Bah, I was wrong. I had to actually do it to be sure. 8, not 7. Same strokes, other order.

I'm right handed. Which sounds like it's relevant but doesn't seem to be.
 
6. I think for languages written left-to-right some of those methods are more optimal than others; basically you want the first stroke to be starting on the left side of the letter, and second stroke to be finishing on the right hand side of the letter, because then it is easier to link with the letters before and after.
For me 6 just feels quite natural because quite commonly x follows on from e and I will be finishing e towards the bottom of the line so it just flows on through to create the first stroke of x.

Don't understand why 7 and 8 are so popular, why would you want to start stroke 1 on the right, or finish stroke 2 on the left... :/

For equations etc I do the two c's thingy.
 
"Other". I am ambidextrous and can write both with left and right hand.
Left hand "naturally", right hand after a lot of "persuasion" during my first school years. So the X can be 7 & 8 depending which hand holds the pen.
 
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