'Duck Dynasty' Star Also Under Fire for African-American Statements

[Thunder_Snus]

It is in German that pic which is maybe why you can't read it (unless you can read German).

I can read and understand german at an ok level. I can pick out a few words on there. looks like lieb and then am "something" so they are probably saying they live on "near/within reach of" a certain landmark or city. Then it looks like ohne at the end which is without but it looks capitalized so perhaps the last letter is something else and it is an object or persons name

[Skell18]

Now that is something i would not be able to read or write.

It is in German that pic which is maybe why you can't read it (unless you can read German).

[Thunder_Snus]

It's called Suetterlin. I'm German. My mother wrote like that...
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Now that is something i would not be able to read or write.

[Andy105]

We learned cursive in 2nd grade here and apparently I was the only one who used it after that. It wasn't until I was a sophomore in college that a teacher finally asked me to stop and that was when i realized I was the only person i knew that still used cursive. In all honesty i lost my ability to write normally. All of my letters are different sizes and i can't keep a straight line with it, but it helps my teachers to not think I am writing in Arabic. I still take class notes/personal notes i jot down to myself in cursive but for test taking and whatnot i will use traditional writing. Luckily where I work I have never needed to write anything except my signature.

If anyone is interested german had a form of writing similar to our cursive and almost all the letters look similar, i can't seem to remember what it was called. It was officially banned by hitler during his rule because it was "too jewish." Also it was incredibly hard to read especially because people would write it incredibly sloppily which is what a lot of people tend to do with cursive, especially a classroom full of 2nd graders who have not mastered regular writing yet.

It's called Suetterlin. I'm German. My mother wrote like that...

[CoderGuy]

I can never understand this. I only had to work briefly in the retail environment but when someone hands you money you just type in how much on the register and it will tell you the change. Even if you aren't quick with math you can easily just type in the ammount they gave you and it should dawn on you that that came to a good increment of 5/10 whatever.

In theory, yes, but I never get that far, they are too baffled and try and hand it back before even trying it. At a Taco Bell this happened, and she finally had to call the manager over to tell her she didn't know what I wanted. Lucky for me, the manager had a little more sense and just looked and me and shrugged and gave me my change. LOL

[Thunder_Snus]

I'd be interested to know if any of you can write in cursive? I'm constantly amazed at "younger" people not being able to read my cursive writing (and I write very well). It's not that this person is illiterate, but it's no longer being taught in schools. It's viewed as antiquated, not needed. I've personally taught my own children to write in cursive, if for no other reason...OUR CONSTITUTION and Bill of rights are written in cursive, lol.

We learned cursive in 2nd grade here and apparently I was the only one who used it after that. It wasn't until I was a sophomore in college that a teacher finally asked me to stop and that was when i realized I was the only person i knew that still used cursive. In all honesty i lost my ability to write normally. All of my letters are different sizes and i can't keep a straight line with it, but it helps my teachers to not think I am writing in Arabic. I still take class notes/personal notes i jot down to myself in cursive but for test taking and whatnot i will use traditional writing. Luckily where I work I have never needed to write anything except my signature.

If anyone is interested german had a form of writing similar to our cursive and almost all the letters look similar, i can't seem to remember what it was called. It was officially banned by hitler during his rule because it was "too jewish." Also it was incredibly hard to read especially because people would write it incredibly sloppily which is what a lot of people tend to do with cursive, especially a classroom full of 2nd graders who have not mastered regular writing yet.

[whalen]

I nevr need a spel cheeker...

[Andy105]

I'd be interested to know if any of you can write in cursive? I'm constantly amazed at "younger" people not being able to read my cursive writing (and I write very well). It's not that this person is illiterate, but it's no longer being taught in schools. It's viewed as antiquated, not needed. I've personally taught my own children to write in cursive, if for no other reason...OUR CONSTITUTION and Bill of rights are written in cursive, lol.

I've lost my cursive ability, after thirty years of hand printing (in triplicate) required on everything I've written (retired Cop), and I've written a lot. They used to beat us up for writing cursive, after I learned the Palmer method of cursive writing in school, then computers came along, and we wrote everything into them. My signature is still pretty. Some things still require a signature.

[lxskllr]

I'd be interested to know if any of you can write in cursive? I'm constantly amazed at "younger" people not being able to read my cursive writing (and I write very well). It's not that this person is illiterate, but it's no longer being taught in schools. It's viewed as antiquated, not needed. I've personally taught my own children to write in cursive, if for no other reason...OUR CONSTITUTION and Bill of rights are written in cursive, lol.

I can read it, but lost the ability to write it. I could if i gave it thought, and looked a couple things up, but it doesn't flow like it used to. I started printing all caps for work due to legibility, and just being the way things are done, and started using it for everything. It's easier for other people to read since my writing was always sloppy, and I just enjoy it more. I prefer writing separate distinct characters.

[rickcharles606]

I'd be interested to know if any of you can write in cursive? I'm constantly amazed at "younger" people not being able to read my cursive writing (and I write very well). It's not that this person is illiterate, but it's no longer being taught in schools. It's viewed as antiquated, not needed. I've personally taught my own children to write in cursive, if for no other reason...OUR CONSTITUTION and Bill of rights are written in cursive, lol.

[Andy105]

So if you're a slow typist it probably isn't so much the generation gap as much as it is that you are slow at other menial things that could receive benefits by having quicker hand motion.

You grew up typing. In 1967, there was nothing for a kid to type. So, yes, it's more generational, than having a special skill. I'm sure that there's things kids did in the 1950's and '60's, that would make a modern kid look 'slow'.

[Thunder_Snus]

I had keyboarding class as soon as i hit kindergarten which was probably 1997 I think. Something about typing just came very naturally to me. When I was 10 I was already up to 80 wpm. Haven't done a typing test since middle school but my 8th grade I was maxing out at about 130. I can probably go just as fast probably not as accurate though. It's not so much being able to type its really about muscle memory and hand-remember coordination. I've always had quick hands, I could type, I was able to play some video games like halo 2 and madden which had huge benefits if you could move your hands quickly and turned a nice profit for a 13 year old at them. My high school music teacher begged me all 4 years to try to learn the piano and play for them because of how quickly I could type.

So if you're a slow typist it probably isn't so much the generation gap as much as it is that you are slow at other menial things that could receive benefits by having quicker hand motion.

[Thunder_Snus]

LOL very true. Just try handing a fast food worker 5.25 for a 3.20 purchase and see what happens.

I can never understand this. I only had to work briefly in the retail environment but when someone hands you money you just type in how much on the register and it will tell you the change. Even if you aren't quick with math you can easily just type in the ammount they gave you and it should dawn on you that that came to a good increment of 5/10 whatever.

[lxskllr]

This brings me to a very personal confession (online).

Without telling you how old I am and not going into my past history of learning all kinds of stuff over the years (including my favorite: learning to speak fluent French after forty five) I am going to say that the very "dumbest" person in the South or anywhere else in the entire USA probably can .....type on a keyboard.

I still can't!

Dan

A lot of people can't type. I can't. When I was doing a lot of paperwork type stuff, I had my own wacky system that wasn't entirely too slow, but any high school girl with secretarial aspirations could have easily beaten me. Being able to type efficiently isn't that useful for most people. Doing it half assed works just as well as being a pro for casual use.

[Andy105]

Amen. Gotta have thumbs. I never would have found Chicago, or tied my shoes without thumbs.
P.s. They rescinded Phil Robertson's suspension. So, this whole thread is moot.