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muyongshi -

Heck unless I use two lines of paper in a word like 囊 (Even with a nice small .5 mechanical
pencil) it looks like the java the hun.



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Myriam -



Quote:

Heck unless I use two lines of paper in a word like 囊 (Even with a nice small .5 mechanical
pencil) it looks like the java the hun.

muyongshi, maybe you should try cursive handwriting.
Thanks to cursive, one can see that the simplified script makes sense after all.










muyongshi -

Yeah well not opposed to learning it but at the moment my teachers are opposed to me learning it










mythia -

to yonglin

I like the song that the lyric is for.

and kudos to you non native speakers, i am really impressed by how, urm..local, your handwritings
look, and very surprised to see writings in tradional characters! man, I cannot even do that...










shibole -



Quote:

That sounds scary...how militant are we talking?

Well, I draw the line short of stabbing people with them... don't worry. But they're cool. You can
fill them with colors of ink you mix yourself. They don't generate lots of waste like disposable
pens. And they have interesting writing characteristics like line width that varies with pressure
and stuff like that.

Unfortunately I'm still too embarrassed at my poor handwriting to upload a sample. My wife says it
looks like something she would write in elementary school no matter how carefully and neatly I
write.










adrianlondon -



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no matter how carefully and neatly I write

That's also the comments/problem I have with my writing. In fact, the neater I write it, the more
childish it looks. This is why you need to learn cursive writing if you want to write a bit more
like an adult.

It would be like writing English really slowly, with all the letters perfectly formed and none of
them joining up. Again, it would look like a (neat, studious) child's writing.

As far as I'm concerned, I don't mind writing chinese characters like a child. It matches my
speaking level anyway ;)










xiaocai -

I feel people these days care less and less about handwriting than they did, say, 20 years ago
(when I was in kindergarten). Two of my cousins have atrocious handwriting, but seem to deal with
their studies in high schools quite OK. So I guess that it is fine if you don't write in cursive
or any of the calligraphic styles to write "natively". However, if you do wish to write in a neat
but less "childish" way, there are some books for practice out there which can be used as both
guide books and quick references, and I still remember I used this back in secondary school. Of
course it is not for everyone and if you don't like his style, there are many others to choose
from. Just drop into a bookshop and you might find the right one you need.










shibole -

That book looks like it teaches fountain pen writing similar to this English book that I've been
using occasionally:
http://www.amazon.com/Learn-Write-Ch...dp/0300057717/

Though no matter how well I write characters in that style my wife tells me it looks like
elementary school writing, probably just because it isn't cursive-looking and my strokes aren't
perfect, even if the proportions are all dead-on.

But I don't care. If kids eventually learned to write like adults then hopefully I'll be able to
eventually learn to write like an adult too.










skylee -

The OP asks members to post their handwriting. I don't see any in recent posts.

[I've posted mine on another thread.]










shibole -

I'd post mine but I'm too embarrassed at how little Chinese I know












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