You agree with me, Occam, not Lois. I pointed out the speed. According to her it’s a sign of being “more literate.” I am sure you don’t agree with that.
I've also noticed that many people in North America band their index and middle fingers when they write. Not sure where that came from.Yes, I've always thought it looked uncomfortable.
I believe teaching cursive in school is a pointless waste of time and effort. I think it's reached the point of being a form of calligraphy--fine as a form of artistic expression for those who enjoy it, but not a skill everybody should be required to learn. Havent' written in cursive in decades since for me printing is far more legible and not significantly slower, and of course the majority of my written communication is typed anyway. Interestingly, some people seem to have strong feelings about this. I expressed my thoughts on the subject with some of the other parents at my daughter's school when cursive was being itnroduced, and the outrage and indignation was amazing. We can have long debates about the latest research on the merits of homework as a taching tool but apparently fancy quill pen writing is off limits! :-)I don't kmow how people get along in daily life without writing cursive. Doesn't anyone write notes, even to him/herself? Never write a few lines on a greeting card? Almost never, and when I do, I don't use cursive.
I get that feeling when I see two spaces after a period. When I see a post like that from "someone" it looks to me like it was written on a typewriter. :-)Old habits die hard. When I learned to type if I didn't put two spaces after a period at the end of a sentence, points were deducted. It's similar in printing the old fashioned way. That change is very recent. The number of spaces after a period is a convention, not a hard and fast rule. I am you sure you've thought about it when replying to my post and still: out of the five sentences, you added a double space in one instance. "An old habit"? I doubt that. I think you're trying to make a point. What poit that is exactly I am not sure, but it's rather sad. It's as impressive as seeing older people wearing socks with sandals.
Hey, I’ll be double spacing after the periods in my epitaph.
I hadn’t thought about it before this thread, but today I had to fill out a form that required my signature and my printed name. As I’ve said, my handwriting is pretty much like the cursive lettering shown on the black signs often at the top of the blackboards of elementary class rooms, so I signed it carefully with my best cursive writing. However, being a bit of a wise ass, the printed name was written so it was essentially unreadable. :lol:
Occam
and yes, I’ll write my own epitaph. I sure as hell wouldn’t trust anyone else to do it. 
I get that feeling when I see two spaces after a period. When I see a post like that from "someone" it looks to me like it was written on a typewriter. :-)Old habits die hard. When I learned to type if I didn't put two spaces after a period at the end of a sentence, points were deducted. It's similar in printing the old fashioned way. That change is very recent. The number of spaces after a period is a convention, not a hard and fast rule. I am you sure you've thought about it when replying to my post and still: out of the five sentences, you added a double space in one instance. "An old habit"? I doubt that. I think you're trying to make a point. What poit that is exactly I am not sure, but it's rather sad. It's as impressive as seeing older people wearing socks with sandals. You're very observant. However, I am hunting and pecking on an IPad, so I'm not touch typing. I am unaware of how many spaces I use after a period when using this method of "typing." No point involved. How do you know what I'm wearing on my feet? ;) Lois
That’s some real fine condescending douchebaggery you’ve expoused there, Lois. Got any more little gems? Like maybe how ball-point pen users are clearly intellectually inferior to those who use fountain pens? (May as well be writing in Sharpie, the heathens.) Or how people who text are obviously functionally retarded?
Ignore DM, Lois. He often gets stuck in troll mode and posts stuff to rile us.
I get that feeling when I see two spaces after a period. When I see a post like that from "someone" it looks to me like it was written on a typewriter. :-)Hey! I was taught in typing class to put two spaces after a period!! >:( The computer may be a different machine but proper spacing still helps readability.
I get that feeling when I see two spaces after a period. When I see a post like that from "someone" it looks to me like it was written on a typewriter. :-)Hey! I was taught in typing class to put two spaces after a period!! >:( The computer may be a different machine but proper spacing still helps readability. That is why font designers go to the trouble of building in proper spacing. Way back in my younger days I had a book titled The Mac is Not a Typewriter, filled with hints on proper computer-based page design. One of the first tips was how to strip out double spaces between sentences. One problem with double spaces is you often get lines that break like this, and you have to either strip all the double spaces using find-and-replace, or inspect the document and remove them manually.
Quoting DM:
Or how people who text are obviously functionally retardedHey, DM, I never thought of it that way, but you’re right - they ARE functionally retarded. :lol:
Strange, Darron. I still use WordPerfect (I’d use WordStar if it were still available), and it recognizes and ignores end of line double spaces.
Occam
WordPerfect was an excellent word processor. I miss WriteNow for the Mac platform, that one dates back to OS 6. WriteNow would do the same thing with double spaces after a period. It also made an old fashioned ka-ching sound when you hit the return key.
That's some real fine condescending douchebaggery you've expoused there, Lois. Got any more little gems? Like maybe how ball-point pen users are clearly intellectually inferior to those who use fountain pens? (May as well be writing in Sharpie, the heathens.) Or how people who text are obviously functionally retarded?I never brought up any of those things, but now that you've mentioned it . . . You're right.
Ignore DM, Lois. He often gets stuck in troll mode and posts stuff to rile us.Noted. Thanks. Lois
- I tried using Word, Darron, but the stupid program thought it wss smarter than I was and kept trying to change words and formatting.
- Hey, DM, is a lot of fun. I just see him as a wise-ass much as I was fifty years ago. :lol:
Occam
Whenever I’m forced to use MS Word the first thing I do is turn off autocorrection and grammar check. I can check the spelling when I’m finished typing, thank you very much.
Since I had to use it only a few times in my company’s main office while I was working, I never even knew that those options existed.
Occam
Whenever I'm forced to use MS Word the first thing I do is turn off autocorrection and grammar check. I can check the spelling when I'm finished typing, thank you very much.I do the same. The auto-correct causes more errors than it corrects. I'm capable of making my own. The ony things I miss are the capital I where it belongs and automatic apostrophes in contractions. But it's not worth the errors it causes. Lois
I agree, Lois. I even check my spelling after running spell check. I found out a long time ago that spell checkers don’t know the difference between “does not” and “doe snot.” I caught that one before turning in the paper.
I agree, Lois. I even check my spelling after running spell check. I found out a long time ago that spell checkers don't know the difference between "does not" and "doe snot." I caught that one before turning in the paper.Ok, I'll bite. Why were you writing a paper about "doe snot"?