No, that's incorrect.
American Heritage Dictionary: "A person's own signature or handwriting"
Merriam-Webster Dictionary: "a person's handwritten signature"
British English Dictionary: "a signature (= your name written by yourself) of a famous person"
Lewis stood in front of me and signed my card in his own hand = autograph. Sloppy doesn't come into the equation. If it did there would be practically no autographs of modern day baseball players!
Last edited by Exhibitman; 06-03-2012 at 07:57 AM.
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