--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Not surprising that it isn't Spencerian script. That requires a > > > dipped pen, or modern > > > equivalent (though calligraphers still use dipped pens for > > > professional/display work, or > > > such has been my experience as an amateur, because the cartridge > > > pens don't allow the > > > same degree of control of ink-flow and most professionals like to > > > modify off-the-shelf > > > inks before they use them). > > > > Yeah, I'm talking about the kind of cursive writing > > that was routinely taught in penmanship classes in > > public schools, maybe still is. It doesn't require > > any special kind of writing implement. It's lovely > > when done well, but it doesn't have much character. > > With all due respect, you are revealing your > stuck-in-the-US-ness. :-)
<snore> Barry can't even discuss handwriting without making it into a putdown. If you'd traveled > more you'd know that pretty much every country > has its own *different* standard for teaching > kids how to write. You'd be hard-pressed to > even read some of the handwriting that comes > from France, much less eastern Europe. Irrelevant to the point I was making, of course. > One can only assume that India has its own way > of teaching handwriting. Whether Maharishi was > actually a good student or a sloppy one I leave > up to someone who was raised in that culture. Funny, I don't recall having said anything about whether MMY was a good student or a sloppy one. Did you hallucinate that I had, Barry? To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
