The writtan word - are it's days numbered???
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Personally, I'd like to see a world where everybody is taught how to type! In my day, the girls learnt touch-typing and the boys learnt woodwork! I am so fed up od going to places where there is a guy who asks for your name, house name, postcode and proceeds to type it all in with one finger very slowly!
I take it you mean handwriting, rather than a total breakdown of language?
Maybe, one day, we wont need it. But pen and paper is still the fasted way to get ideas down on paper, especially in a non-standard fashion. Pens are also cheaper than printer ink, and paperless offices are just so far in the future, it's a factor to consider. And printed Valentines Day cards just aren't as special as handwritten ones.
Maybe, one day, we wont need it. But pen and paper is still the fasted way to get ideas down on paper, especially in a non-standard fashion. Pens are also cheaper than printer ink, and paperless offices are just so far in the future, it's a factor to consider. And printed Valentines Day cards just aren't as special as handwritten ones.
Well, it's true that when I writew I don';t make anything l;ike as many cockups as when I typr, but bt hte smam token my handwriting has always been sh!te, I was always etting boolocked ofr it ar school.
So now you can see how mcyh time I have to spend editieng each and evrey post I mkae on here...
So now you can see how mcyh time I have to spend editieng each and evrey post I mkae on here...
focusonme said:
I take it you mean handwriting, rather than a total breakdown of language?
Maybe, one day, we wont need it. But pen and paper is still the fasted way to get ideas down on paper, especially in a non-standard fashion. Pens are also cheaper than printer ink, and paperless offices are just so far in the future, it's a factor to consider. And printed Valentines Day cards just aren't as special as handwritten ones.
What about diagrams?
There's nothing quite like a good diagram to get ideas down on paper. I guess that's reflected in my affection for chewed Bic Biro's!
To be honest, If I am writing a serious letter it just has to be on computer. It really is not taken seriously these days if it is not.
What did p
s me off is while I was at my last year of school, I got a grade taken off my english lang. exam because I didnt use joined up writing :s.
I write in capital letters as its easier to read. Large capitals for the beginning of a sentence or capitalised word. But no - you must write in joined up letters to pass an english exam. Fk the content and all that...
What did p
s me off is while I was at my last year of school, I got a grade taken off my english lang. exam because I didnt use joined up writing :s. I write in capital letters as its easier to read. Large capitals for the beginning of a sentence or capitalised word. But no - you must write in joined up letters to pass an english exam. F
k the content and all that...los angeles said:
Well, they said goodbye to the hand-cranked everything decades ago and at the end of last century a half-forgotten tenacious English inventor working in the shed at the bottom of his garden created the hand-cranked radio ... now used all over Africa, and beyond.
No, I think anyone using a pencil and paper to write is smart. And by the way, I buy hardback books whenever they are available in preference to paperbacks because they last years and years. To have that pocket of knowledge permanently on my bookshelves that I can read over and over again, and share with others, is a delight in comparison to switching on a computer, waiting until it gears up, then finding the right word page and after typing, hide it all away, unseen, locked, in a place only I can open.
PS: And anyone who borrowed a book of mine and has not returned it, get a grip!
Well as far as the internet goes, as time is passing I find have to wade through more and more crap to dig out the info I want...
People find it easier to put down ideas on paper rather that computer screen. Also the backlit display causes eyestrain after a while BUT hopefully when Eink hits the streets this year everything will change.
I mean look at these:
Imagine this combined with touch control.
Perhaps the future of wearable electronic t-shirts or wallpaper TV is here.
>> Edited by scared but happy on Monday 6th March 09:46
I mean look at these:
Imagine this combined with touch control.
Perhaps the future of wearable electronic t-shirts or wallpaper TV is here.
>> Edited by scared but happy on Monday 6th March 09:46
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