Hard of reading??

The phrase "Hard of hearing" has nothing to do here. I'm inclined to say "Hard of reading" when I read perfectly illegible handwriting. Now "Spencerian Penmanship" (or simply cursive writing) is taught from Kindergarten, in spite of which people fail to write legibly.

In my teens, I have often wondered "What's with the Graphologists?", "How do they claim to analyze people by mere handwriting?" and many more alike questions.
Today find it easy to analyze them*: They* are hopelessly lazy (to correct the way they hold the pen).

According to me, good handwriting is no feat. You just have to correct the way you hold your pen. Pay a little more attention to the curves and lines (beauty!) and if you don't want to put in an extra effort not even God can help you.

Wisecrack: Not everyone is Da Vinci, but every child can draw. It is only when a child grows-up, it yields to the way of the world and learns to say: "Ooooooh me?? I can't draw!"
Ditto for singing, dancing et al.
Didn't you sing "Baa-baa-black-sheep" once?
sighs.

Talking about handwriting again, I was scared of writing neatly.
I may sound crazy unless I explain the adage. The Tamil saying goes like this:
"Kaieluthu nalla irundha, thalaieluthu^ nalla irukkathu"
which translates to "The one who has a good handwriting, will not have a good future".
Yeah. Apparently coined by the man with the worst handwriting ever.

However, this saying scared me to death(then). Today I know that even if the whole world writes neatly, it is not going to tackle the Economic depression (pessimistic cackle)

Twist the above saying and voila! you have this
"Kaieluthu nalla irundha, thalai eluthu nalla irukkum",
this is the other adage, contrariwise. Sans doubt written by someone like me, who prefers good hw to sad ones.

Totally unrelated.
Before I forget let me tell you two more similarly constructed adages, which work vice-versa
"Valathu kann thudicha, nallathu nadakkum" :
when your right eyelid quivers, good things happen.

"Ethathu kann thudicha, nallathu nadakkum" :
when your left eyelid quivers, good things happen.

"Valathu kann thudicha, kettathu nadakkum" :
when your right eyelid quivers, bad things happen.

"Ethathu kann thudicha, kettathu nadakkum" :
when your right eyelid quivers, bad things happen.

L.O.L.
Actually amongst the 4 sayings, it's hard to tell which is original and which is made up ;)


A few sample handwritings :)
That of a teen, ached girl. Anne Frank


Men who made their mark - MK Gandhi, Orville Wright and LDVinci (respectively)





* ones with bad handwriting.
^ thalaieluthu - The future written on one's forehead by Lord Bhrama.