:)

[burrru.livejournal.com]

Comments

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

That's why so many Russians underline ш (and draw a short line on top of т) when writing in cursive:

[ex-tritopor.livejournal.com]

>so many Russians underline ш

Never saw it.

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

Well, every day brings something new into our lives.

[alon_68]

It's rather obsolete now but it was widespread 60-70 years ago. My father (born 1931) used to write this way.

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

Well, I was born in 1968, and I use it now. It's certainly not 60-70 years ago.
BTW I wasn't alone -- I knew at least a dozen people in our school year who did the same.

[alon_68]

I rather meant writing "т" like "m" that makes the text even less clear. Do you write it such way too?

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

It is my handwriting that appears in the 1st comment. Yes, I tend to write small т like m, but I always draw a small line on top of it for better readability.

[oryx_and_crake]

I do it a lot to improve readability.

[alon_68]

http://community.livejournal.com/learn_russian/978278.html?thread=14681702#t14681702

[brat-pushkin.livejournal.com]

I was born in 1991 and I use it.

[acuzena.livejournal.com]

I was born in 1985 and do use it often)

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

"При быстром письме иногда становятся неразличимы строчные формы букв и/п/н/л/к, у/ц, ш/т/м, с/е, г/ч. Многие носители языка используют начертание «т» для строчного т, подчёркнутое ш, отрывные левые ножки у л и м, крестообразное х и другие модификации."

I hate to quote Wikipedia (http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B2), but I have no time search for its source right now :)

[calima-elen.livejournal.com]

Serbians do that frequently :)

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

I know; but Serbian cursive is different - as far as I understand, it includes underlining and other markings over or under the line as part of normative character shapes. The way they write ц, for example.

[spiritrc.livejournal.com]

Personally I don't connect handwritten letters at all. I don't "print" like most americans do, I write in cursive, but still don't connect most of the letters.

Это правда

[korica.livejournal.com]

It`s truth. But really seldom.

[hartig.livejournal.com]

he's right )

[dymytry.livejournal.com]

understand, and without the lower lines.
but write as a sign of "ь" - hell. Do not understand:)

[vakhitov.livejournal.com]

Hehe, I do it all the time.

[inoctiluci.livejournal.com]

Oh, I wish more people would do this!

[ex-tritopor.livejournal.com]

Looks like arabic, really.

[milka-why.livejournal.com]

Try to write "лишишь" in cursive and you'll see that "дышишь" is OK:)

[thoughtfool.livejournal.com]

"шишки" it's the best!

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

try шишига (species of wild duck)

[milka-why.livejournal.com]

шишиги!

Шишиги

[bakedgoods10.livejournal.com]

That's awesome. It looks like half a barcode.

[lucky-flower.livejournal.com]

yes, it's so!
we laught with my friend few days ago about it!
though you know in english there are such words too. for example try to write communication in cursive, and you'll see the same thing:)

[alamar.livejournal.com]

My mother told me they had a student named "Шимшилашвилли".

Try writing that in cursive and reading back!

[funbit.livejournal.com]

you made my day :D

[iris-arctic.livejournal.com]

ohh! am sitting here (in my boring room) and writing шишки, лишишь ) That's awesome!
A great topic!

(my comment seems to be offtop, right?)

[al-r.livejournal.com]

you're not the only one.
i'm sure many of us do)))

I want to put my 5 copecks as well

[chaosmalefic.livejournal.com]

(http://radikal.ru/F/s42.radikal.ru/i095/0910/fe/abd27088948f.jpg.html)

Re: I want to put my 5 copecks as well

[ajka-golden.livejournal.com]

It's SO easy to read. Lucky you are with a readable handwriting!

Re: I want to put my 5 copecks as well

[chaosmalefic.livejournal.com]

AHA! now go and tell this to my friends!!!11one

Re: I want to put my 5 copecks as well

[dymytry.livejournal.com]

I can not read it completely haha
many reduced words terrible

This is called the medical handwriting :)

Re: I want to put my 5 copecks as well

[chaosmalefic.livejournal.com]

medical handwriting is not so sharp

[solne4ka.livejournal.com]

Sometimes I can't understand my own handwriting, espesially, if I wrote down something very quickly. I try to underline and iverline...but it semms to my that the same could happen in every language...:)

Between the lines

[bakedgoods10.livejournal.com]

As a long-time student of Russian, I have to agree with the awesomeness of this topic. I always thought the over-/underlines were just used to help new students read cursive. It's cool to learn it's kind of an historic thing. After a certain amount of experience reading Russian script, these words become less troublesome, in general, as they can be determined from the context. Again, though, I've much appreciation for the post. :)

[monkeedreamer.livejournal.com]

I've only recently started my learning, but yes, the cursive scares me, too!! lol. I figured I will just leave that part be for a while, since I won't be needing that now (if ever), and worry about learning how to write that way later on, after being comfortable (or more comfortable, at least) with the language itself. =P

[konstkaras.livejournal.com]

[vakhitov.livejournal.com]

OMG this is scary! Especially "шиш" which looks like some kind of decorative pattern here. I pity Russian learners :-P

[spiritrc.livejournal.com]

Someone should give you an example of Russian medical handwriting. That's something no normal Russian can read. :)

[spiritrc.livejournal.com]

Oh, this was meant for the author of the picture, not the topicstarter who is obviously a native speaker. :)