When you Write do you Usually Print or Write Cursive?

Question

I find these days I'm printing more and more, where as I used to mostly write cursive.

Answer 1

Print...usually ALL CAPS as well. I think it goes back to the days that I was working in a Lab as a coder, and all of those codes were ALWAYS in CAPS. The need to do that for eight hours a day every day, sort of hard-wired it into my brain.

Answer 2

Print! Are you nuts? I left printing behind before I left first grade, taught myself how to write cursive, for printing was just too slow. I am not saying that even I can read my cursive, but as for printing, no way, Jose! ( writing cursive in the first grade resulted in a teacher's conference with my mother! I was declared 'unfit' to join the 1st grade class and if I did not change my ways, would find myself in another school. (that was an idle threat, for neither I nor the school suffered any changes, and I kept on writing cursive...on the good side, in those days, I won awards for penmanship, but NOT for printing.! Since then, my cursive has suffered an exponential downhill curve, as most of ours has..... Goldwing

Answer 3

I find I am printing almost all the time. I don't use a pen all that
much and my formerely neat penmanship, is now getting a
tad too sloppy for me. So I figure if I print, at least, people
can read it (grocery list, or regular letter).
I wonder about the youth of today tho. Teachers are not
caring whether a student prints or whatever. I have heard from
teens that were never even taught cursive. A waste of time, is
it. If they can't even write their names, how can they even
write checks one day. Or maybe cursive isn't required. My
own grandson is 14 and prints like a 1st grader. I wonder
why learning to print well isn't even taught when small. I guess
it takes up too much time for a writing class in gradeschool
now. I remember penmanship class was a half hour session
way back when. Talk about the dumbing down or our youth!

Answer 4

I usually print everything. And when I go to write a check I some times forget and start to print my name on the signature line and then have to remember to write in cursive. Don't know why I do this but I do.

Answer 5

Appreciate the question because now I see I'm not the only one. Still have pretty decent writing but it takes more time and effort these days. Easier to print most things, and save the cursive for when it's absolutely necessary.

Answer 6

I print only on important documents, but I like writing in cursive.

Answer 7

I choose to print. Cursive is a dying art and good riddance. It is very hard to read a letter from someone in cursive. People should print. Caps, no lower case letters. Cursive is becoming obsolete.

Answer 8

I still write cursive. Old habit are hard to get rid of. With computers it is easier to just type and print off. Personal cards I still write on.

Answer 9

I have nice cursive writing. I found that by getting a larger pen it is still quite nice. I have 2 children with nice cursive writing and one that you have to be a genius like he is to understand what he wrote. I make notes to me in cursive and often see I print in my address book.

Answer 10

Like you, I used to write cursive, but prefer printing now.

Answer 11

I write using cursive. I cant print very well at all. But I do have nice handwriting.