I know us oldies had a discussion about handwriting many years ago but I think it'll still be interesting to re-discuss. How similar is your writing to your twin's/other siblings and parents? My mom, Frien, Gerda and I all have very similar handwriting styles, it's actually very interesting to see. My Dad and brother have their own unreadable styles. I don't think it pertains so much to twins only since a lot of times all siblings in a family can have similar handwriting, it's interesting to see how strongly it's inherited from your parents (or at least I find it interesting!)
Our handwriting is fairly similar but not the same. Mine is neater I don't think handwriting is inherited from your parents. While it may have some connection, there are probably too many other variables (how you were taught, which hand you use, what you are using to write with, how you hold your pencil/pen, etc). My handwriting looks nothing like either of my parents with the possible exception of my signature which has some similarities.
It's probably not a genetic thing as much as a learned inheritance but you certainly can see a huge similarity in some families handwriting styles. I'll try and scan some examples after the weekend. Just had to comment on your signature comment as well. My mom and my initials part of our signatures are exactly the same (which probably isn't surprising since we have the same name) the rest of it is also very similar but not exactly. I can reproduce my mom, Gerda's and Friena's signatures accurately though... That's another interesting question. How many of you can do that?
I can't I can't even do mine consistently so you can hardly expect me to be able to do everybody else's
of course mine is also neater than Gerda's! :lol: At least they don't ask you for proof that you're over 21 constantly like they do me! (nothing to do with current discussion but still irritating )
Mine really is neater though That's because I'm boring and nothing I do requires me to be over a certain age
I have VERY VERY neat handwriting, I tend to be slow at writing because of this which is a downside of OCD, Chloes handwriting is very strange, its hard to explain its not messy but its not neat its OK to read. I take after mum her handwriting is also very neat, dads is like chloes. I havent actually paid any attention to my other sibling. Interesting topic to make someone think
All of our handwriting is similar, but Bren, mine is definately neater I can also reproduce my Father's signature (as well as Brenda's and my moms) it comes in handy quite often, for example if papers of mine is send to my parents that needs to be signed and Bren gets there before me she just signs it for me
First, I'm surprised nobody else has asked who actually writes by hand these days? Mine isn't neater than Richard's That would have been useful yesterday when Richard ran off before signing something Like Richard, I can't reproduce my own signature. My signature(s) typically leave off the last few letters of my signature. Sometimes I drop more letters than at other times To make matters worse, I have another (shorter) signature I also use sometimes and I can never remember which one I've used where so I have to check...
I do all the time, unfortuntally I am in the year where you still have to do that. In 3 years the HSC will be done by computers, aka the reason for students getting laptops now for free from the government, considering they said that when I was in year 10, its actually happened now! Chloe doesnt write, she uses her laptop and will type her HSC up because she is a OCD FREAK if she makes ONE mistake she rips it up she doesnt like whiteout :crazy:
No one in my family has the same handwriting. I hate Connie's handwriting. Its all loose and all over the place. Its probably a feature of being left handed. I can't replicate her signature. Mine is "big". I don't like writing cursive so I print and my letters are large and most times I do have a "draw" between the letters (like the a tail runs into the next letter) My signature is slow because I write (cursive) all my letters, no squggily lines here. My mom had a very precise handwriting teacher when she was young (she went to a one room school with an old style teacher) and was taught one of the "styles" they used to have. It sorta looks like grandma's writing but grandma is much more stylized. Dad writes in all capitals at all times. I can do his printing but not his signature which is a squiggle.
Unfortunately we still have to do exams on paper as well and I doubt universities will change at the same time as the HSC so they will end up having to do exams on paper afterwards anyway.
Ithink Frances and mine handwritings are very different, hers is much neater as mine. They are more similar to each other though than they are to Shelley's. Would not be able to fake anybody's signature. I am like Richard and Adrian, I cannot even reproduce my own signature the same.
Our handwriting is TOTALLY different. My sister's is really artistic, and mine is more organized/neat (although it's getting worse with age, and I'm only 26 LOL).
I type a lot and have studied lots of different writing styles, but we've always had really different handwriting. I think one major factor is that we're mirror twins but my Mom made my sister grow up writing with her right hand (she was taught that it was WRONG to be a lefty).
Your mum was taught it was wrong to be a lefty or your sister? What is wrong to be left handed? Although I have never met someone whos left handed who has neat handwriting <_< I find if I dont write for awhile my normally neat perfect handwriting goes down the drain for like a page then its neat again, OCD is a bad thing <_<
Apparently back in her day (she was born in the 60's), people thought writing with the left hand was BAD. She says she wishes she would have just left her alone about it, but it's too late now.
It's really fun, but now we're getting impatient. My sister's always like "OMG, I'm DYING without the notebook!!"
How long does it take to send from Japan to the US? I sent something from Australia to Iceland the other month and it took 3 weeks for the person to recieve it. So its understandable to be impatient lol.
My grandmother sent us something from the UK at the beginning of December and it still hasn't arrived. Granted the post office was on strike and then there was Christmas but even so.
I know this is a really old thread but I just wanted to update it to say that the package Richard mentioned in his post finally arrived in May (2010) but that is better than what happened to a laptop that Australia Post "lost" in December/January this year.
