Does Anyone Still Use Cursive?

[O Really]

Not me, and apparently not many others. Can you imagine trying to read Thornglish in cursive?

http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/book ... ingle.html

[Wneglia]

It is illegal for me to use cursive in Washington

[O Really]

Not that anyone could ever read a prescription anyway. But why are any prescriptions still written in longhand?

[k9nanny]

Not that anyone could ever read a prescription anyway. But why are any prescriptions still written in longhand?

I like the form from urgent care; I can understand it. Longhand or typed, sig gtt ac bid doesn't mean much to people who ought to double check before handing over that piece of paper. My favorite is the T with the dot over it.

Yes, some of us still use cursive. Indeed, we enjoy forming curvy letters with the perfect pen. (Mine usually deteriorates into an uncanny resemblance to my father's handwriting.) My 85 year-old aunt appreciates emails, but if you send her a handwritten note, you get a thank-you card in return.

[Bungalow Bill]

I use it all the time, especially when some jackass cuts me off in traffic.

[Wneglia]

Not that anyone could ever read a prescription anyway. But why are any prescriptions still written in longhand?

I like the form from urgent care; I can understand it. Longhand or typed, sig gtt ac bid doesn't mean much to people who ought to double check before handing over that piece of paper. My favorite is the T with the dot over it.

Yes, some of us still use cursive. Indeed, we enjoy forming curvy letters with the perfect pen. (Mine usually deteriorates into an uncanny resemblance to my father's handwriting.) My 85 year-old aunt appreciates emails, but if you send her a handwritten note, you get a thank-you card in return.

Now prescriptions are done electronically for the most part. The latin abbreviations are translated into English, so we don't have to fool with stuff like AC (ante cibum-before meals) or qd (quaque die-once a day)

[k9nanny]

Now prescriptions are done electronically for the most part. The latin abbreviations are translated into English, so we don't have to fool with stuff like AC (ante cibum-before meals) or qd (quaque die-once a day)

Hee hee.
I have a doctor customer who leaves me instructions in those funny little symbols and abbreviations.