You may remember -- my first real estate column of 2016 included excerpts from some of the weirder letters received from readers over 40 years. To refresh your memory, here's a bit of that column:
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"Some questions
never make it into print:
“Would
you please tell me what careers are going to be the best opportunity for women
50 years and older?”
“Do you still have to make mortgage
payments after you’ve listed your home for sale? "
“If I own the air rights above my
land, why can’t I charge for all electronic signals sent through my property?”
...etc.--
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but TALK ABOUT WEIRD! -- look at this snail mail just received. You can see the date yourselves -- written just a week ago, and see how it starts!
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| Who IS this writing? I'd say it's a young woman for three reasons -- it's printed, the "i"s are dotted with circles (altho I sort of thought that went out a couple of generations ago) and it's on notebook paper. But the writer is supposedly 50 years or older... is this in earnest? have I lost the ability to write something that readers can understand? Okay -- I answer all letters. What do I say to this one.? Suggestions welcomed... |
It isn't unusual 4 people of the older generation or in fact any age to use upper and lowercase printing rather than cursive is because we don't use it anymore. What with emails and various other computer-aided typing, the only time we use cursive is when we sign our signature.
ReplyDeleteIt isn't unusual 4 people of the older generation or in fact any age to use upper and lowercase printing rather than cursive is because we don't use it anymore. What with emails and various other computer-aided typing, the only time we use cursive is when we sign our signature.
ReplyDeleteYou haven't lost the ability to write something that intelligent readers can understand. Many people have lost (or never acquired) the ability to read what you write, however. Not your fault.
ReplyDeleteAnd, yes, I'd say that this person could be a contemporary of mine (I'm 60). The print-script with the circled i's reminds me of the writing of several high school classmates.
As for what to say to her...gee, whillickers, I dunno. The second paragraph seems to be heading into a mention of professional organizing, and the handwriting suggests neatness, so why not?