Too much typing not enough writing syndrome!

Jingo... · 12 Oct 2010 at 14:06

gillywibble said:
I think I may be gripping the shaft too tight.

*sniggers*

ScarySquirrel · 12 Oct 2010 at 14:08

Greenlizard0 said:
This is why at schools they should be teaching kids to touch type. It's an equally vital skill in this day and age to writing, yet with everybody in this country having to at some point use a keyboard, I find it odd there are still entire library computer rooms filled with people furiously using four fingers, yes I know that sounds dirty grow up.

I can touch type but I only ever use my first finger on my left hand, and my thumb, first and second finger on my right hand (thumb for space). Works fine for me.

Greenlizard0 · 12 Oct 2010 at 14:11

ScarySquirrel said:
I can touch type but I only ever use my first finger on my left hand, and my thumb, first and second finger on my right hand (thumb for space). Works fine for me.

But if you can use your entire hand you can go so much faster.

(There really is no way without discussing this without a whole heap of double entendres

)

Efour · 12 Oct 2010 at 14:31

Could not agree more with the OP, I had to sign a ton of paperwork the other day and it was the first time i had held a pen for about 2 months!!!

Cosimo · 12 Oct 2010 at 14:39

Khaaan! said:
Just think, in the future, perhaps even the next generation or two, kids will grow up typing and not knowing how to properly write (and legibly at that, too!).

They've made a good start with not being able to speak or spell properly.

ScarySquirrel · 12 Oct 2010 at 14:42

Greenlizard0 said:
But if you can use your entire hand you can go so much faster.

(There really is no way without discussing this without a whole heap of double entendres )

I guess it's just a habit now which I'd fine very hard to change

J.T · 12 Oct 2010 at 14:55

Gilly said:
That's why I went into IT. Shocking handwriting.

+1.

Tummy · 12 Oct 2010 at 15:13

Greenlizard0 said:
When I did A Levels I was writing so much I had a permanent notch (almost to the bone) on the side of my middle finger. For the last 3 years or so, it's gone.

Same. Gone now like.

Masterdog · 12 Oct 2010 at 15:55

Got a three hour exam on Friday, all handwritten. At least one of those hours is going to spent giving my hand a rest.

(Probably the first hour. Snigger)

Dewotter · 12 Oct 2010 at 16:04

I really struggle to write at the best of times. I make a little screw up and try to go over the letter again to fix it but just create a bigger hash.

badcompany · 12 Oct 2010 at 16:06

Gilly said:
That's why I went into IT. Shocking handwriting.

mine looks like a 5 year old kids

OzyOly · 12 Oct 2010 at 16:09

psd99 said:
It is scary though to think about how the future generation are going to be

it is all keyboards no pens

To be fair, how often do people have to write anyway? If the way of the world is going into typing, why shouldn't children be given a keyboard instead of a pen?

The only writing I've had to do today is to sign a tesco delivery with a stylus on the guy's pda. :eek:

Relentless81 · 12 Oct 2010 at 16:13

I used to be able draw and write incredibly neatly in school. 14 years of jobs sat at computers has changed that a lot, holding a pen/pencil for an extended amount of time actually becomes painful

LeJosh · 12 Oct 2010 at 17:33

I love using a pencil to write.

I'm old school.

RomanNose · 12 Oct 2010 at 18:19

Imo my handwriting is average/Bad but someday this guy said I had good writing, I was taken by suprise

SB118 · 12 Oct 2010 at 18:48

Gilly said:
Shocking handwriting.

Same here, wife keeps hinting that i shouldn't write in our daughters reading record as her teacher can't read it.

Greenlizard0 said:
But if you can use your entire hand you can go so much faster.

(There really is no way without discussing this without a whole heap of double entendres )

We should discuss this further, or have a debate about it. A big debate, a massive debate, in fact ....

i'll get my coat.

snowdog · 12 Oct 2010 at 19:27

I've been suffering of this since I was about, erm 10 or so...

Handwriting was always terrible, hand hurts from anything more than 5 minutes of writing.

Hate filling in forms too, a form on pc is so much easier.

Deadbeat · 12 Oct 2010 at 19:34

LeJosh said:
I love using a pencil to write

I've always preferred writing in pencil over other forms of writing. It's a shame that I have to write in pen for most of my work, but I've always got a 4H in my lab coat for taking notes and anything else I can get away with. My handwriting is also terrible.

Robdav · 12 Oct 2010 at 19:34

Gilly said:
That's why I went into IT. Shocking handwriting.

+1.

Thing is, I want nice handwritting!

samglobal · 12 Oct 2010 at 21:08

Have an exam this week. For the last 3 days I have been practising my hand writing. This is so I can check my writing is legible and prevent my hand from cramping after question 1.

Does not help that I can't write cursive anymore. Not sure when I last that skill but at some point I suddenly couldn't.

Are any of you still able to write cursive?