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While practicing cursive yesterday I had a horrible time with "multi-part". Getting the l t and i shaft lengths right all in a row was killing me.

 

It made me wonder what other words are good pen-teasers. So let me ask, while using your most fluid cursive hand, which words or letter sequences do you find particularly tricky? And do you have any sentences you use to practice writing these trouble-makers?

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While practicing cursive yesterday I had a horrible time with "multi-part". Getting the l t and i shaft lengths right all in a row was killing me.

 

It made me wonder what other words are good pen-teasers. So let me ask, while using your most fluid cursive hand, which words or letter sequences do you find particularly tricky? And do you have any sentences you use to practice writing these trouble-makers?

 

 

Practice sentences - none for my troubling words. Just keep on writing them, I guess.

 

I do not know why, but it is quite difficult for me to write the words "Galileo" and "again." I have messed up the word "again" so many times. I have no clue why it should be so difficult for me to write. "Galileo" just has so many loopy upstrokes, I guess.

 

 

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"minimum." If I'm in a hurry, I sometimes lose my place among those 15 minims and start approximating. Then I throw in a couple of dots for the i's.

 

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Here's another one. If you are trying to keep your hand skimming down the paper rather than planting every now and then, the word "telecommunication" is a good test word. An FPNer mentioned this but I forget who it was...

 

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Missississississippi. I just keep writing 'iss' until I think I have enough.

Woolloomoolloo. (I think)

 

 

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Kind of missed the party here, but I'll add my two cents.

 

I write cursive almost exclusively (the only exception is when I write a letter to my little sister. Public education has totally failed her and she's not very familiar with script, so I print for her), but I consistently have trouble adding the letter "z" into words. "Zoo" and other words that start with "z" are no problem, but if I need to write "analyze" or something of that nature it all goes to hell. I find this most irritating, as you might imagine.

 

But it's like my bagpipe teacher always says: "practice doesn't make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect." I think we'd better just keep practicing.

 

Also... :ninja:

 

I'm a ninja.

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it is not certain words, it is certain letter combos. I have an issue with the humps on my small 'm's and 'n's. Sometimes I do too many and sometimes I do not do enough...

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"transcription" for me.

 

When writing cursive hand I find that I often trip on the third "r", I make it too wide.

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For me, it's not words but a few letters that just throw me off. H's are the big ones, followed by p's. I have to practice my script more. :|

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"transcription" for me.

 

When writing cursive hand I find that I often trip on the third "r", I make it too wide.

Yeah, I can't make it to the third "r" either... :blink:

 

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Yes, Egypt is difficult for me as well. The capital letter D is a challenge for me as well, but with practice it has become much easier.

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Again and again the Egyptian astrophysicist analyzed the multi-part transcription of telecommunications from the Galileo probe for the minimum of errors.

I tried to accommodate all the mentioned difficult words. I'm sure you'll be able to improve on it.

 

And why not post a scan or photo of your best effort with this sentence in your most fluid cursive?

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Again and again the Egyptian astrophysicist analyzed the multi-part transcription of telecommunications from the Galileo probe for the minimum of errors.

I tried to accommodate all the mentioned difficult words. I'm sure you'll be able to improve on it.

 

And why not post a scan or photo of your best effort with this sentence in your most fluid cursive?

Again and again the Egyptian astrophysicist visiting the observatory in Mississippi analyzed the multi-part transcription of telecommunications from the Galileo probe for the minimum of errors and a maximum of syzygy.

 

 

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Again and again the Egyptian astrophysicist visiting the observatory in Mississippi analyzed the multi-part transcription of telecommunications from the Galileo probe for the minimum of errors and a maximum of syzygy.

 

Fiendish!

 

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Again and again the Egyptian astrophysicist analyzed the multi-part transcription of telecommunications from the Galileo probe for the minimum of errors.

I tried to accommodate all the mentioned difficult words. I'm sure you'll be able to improve on it.

 

And why not post a scan or photo of your best effort with this sentence in your most fluid cursive?

Again and again the Egyptian astrophysicist visiting the observatory in Mississippi analyzed the multi-part transcription of telecommunications from the Galileo probe for the minimum of errors and a maximum of syzygy.

 

 

Cruel and unusual punishment!

 

I like it. I'm going to give it a try. But I'm going to add for the capital D:

 

 

Disturbed by his colleagues' lack of enthusiasm, again and again the Egyptian astrophysicist visiting the observatory in Mississippi analyzed the multi-part transcription of telecommunications from the Galileo probe for the minimum of errors and maximum of syzygy.

 

ok, I only edited that 3 times.

 

edit: BAH! 4 times...

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That's one new word I've learned today :D

 

Oh, and, Kiavonne, just one more edit required ......"..colleagues' " and "...visiting" :)

 

 

I'm not sure I have the courage to scan & post my efforts!

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