Ugly Nick Senzel Auto

[todeen]

Originally Posted by Steve D

Too many words are simply shortened, abbreviated, or turned into an acronym. Basic spelling and grammar have been discarded.

Steve

I don't disagree with much of your analysis. I think not teaching cursive is a major problem, not just for signature use, but also because I believe it increases writing technique quality. But as for shortening words, this is an idea that is well over 100 years old. There used to be classes you could take to learn shorthand, abbreviations, acronyms, etc. My grandma (now in her 90s) somehow learned that, and when she sends me letters, I must not only decipher her cursive handwriting but I must also figure out what her shorthand means. Her shorthand goes way beyond the still widely used signs such as: w/, w/o, b/c.

[steve B]

My daughter was interested in cursive, so I showed her the basics of the letters. I'm not sure if school is teaching it, but she knows it now.

And she picked up a few other details too.

She was getting a birthday card ready for one of her classmates parties. I asked if she wrote her name in it too, and she said "I didn't write my name, I signed it"

[packs]

If you want to collect art, buy art. A signature is nothing more than your mark. It's easily identifiable if you know what mark to look for regardless of what the letters are.

[Gary Dunaier]

I can't help but wonder if players sign legal papers (contracts, &c.) the same way they sign autographs...

[steve B]

Originally Posted by Gary Dunaier

I can't help but wonder if players sign legal papers (contracts, &c.) the same way they sign autographs...

I can't say about any players, but I know I don't sign documents the same way I sign general day to day type stuff.

And what I think of as my "formal signature" probably wouldn't pass anyone here, since I go a lot slower than if I'm scrawling my name to receive a package.