handwriting style

[GoesStation]

I wonder whether my mother adopted that style when she was working on her high-school equivalency in 1946 England and never updated it. It would explain one bit of why I always found her handwriting so hard to decipher. (As far as I know, it was never used here in the United States.)

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

I wonder whether my mother adopted that style when she was working on her high-school equivalency in 1946 England and never updated it. It would explain one bit of why I always found her handwriting so hard to decipher. (As far as I know, it was never used here in the United States.)

Hm. Possibly. But people have a hard time deciphering my handwriting, and I've never been to England.

 

[GoesStation]

Hm. Possibly. But people have a hard time deciphering my handwriting, and I've never been to England.

She learned to write in pre-war Poland. After she was liberated by the Red Army, she worked for the Soviets briefly, helping with paperwork. She probably learned Cyrillic handwriting then. There were a number of writing systems in Europe in those days, and they all differed from what was taught in the United States. I used to think Mom had adopted bits from every one she was exposed to.