Does anyone else have the problem:

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The discussion revolves around the phenomenon of merging words when writing, particularly when the last letter of one word matches the first letter of the next. This habit is noted to occur frequently during handwriting, with participants sharing personal experiences and frustrations related to it. Some mention specific examples, such as combining "with the" into "withe," while others express that they have not encountered this issue in their own writing. The conversation also touches on handwriting quality, with references to "disgraphia" and the impact of writing speed on mistakes. Suggestions include using different keyboard layouts like Dvorak or even faster writing instruments to mitigate the issue. Overall, the thread highlights a shared curiosity about this writing behavior and its implications.
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Where when typing, or more often writing, where if a word ends in the same letter as the next word's first, you join the words together? I seem to do this, especially when writing by hand. Probably 80% of the time that I could.

Like this:
I wantedinner so i wento eachotel.

Thats obviously extreme. But its frustrating by hand, and I feel like by the time my hand finishes writing a sentence my brain is thinking about the next page...
 
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I don't think I've ever done that...
 
I do that sometimes, especially with "the" and only when writing.
 
I do that when I write. I was trying to find an example in some old hand written notes but I used to rewrite them if I made a mistake. I did find one page with 3 mistakes on though. :eek: I don't know what I was thinking that day.
 
That's a new one to me. I know people do that in speaking, but haven't noticed it in writing before. I make plenty of typos, especially the faster I type, but haven't done that one (at least not yet).
 
I was just thinking about this some more because I don't tend to worry about it, but I remember that I do this quite often with the words "with the" in that order and it comes out as "withe". I couldn't find an example since I tended to rewrite my notes if I made a mistake like that.
 
Kurdt, do you also have sloppy handwriting, possibly writing letters from the bottom up? I do, and my science teacher this year does similar and says it is "disgraphia"
 
binzing said:
Kurdt, do you also have sloppy handwriting, possibly writing letters from the bottom up? I do, and my science teacher this year does similar and says it is "disgraphia"

No not really. Here are my notes with other mistakes.

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/7219/notescy0.jpg

I don't know why I photographed them.
 
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Kurdt said:
I don't know why I photographed them.
Well, we learn from our mistakes. Now we can learn from yours.
 
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Moonbear said:
That's a new one to me. I know people do that in speaking
What would you call that? A 'sayo'?
 
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K.J.Healey said:
Where when typing, or more often writing, where if a word ends in the same letter as the next word's first, you join the words together? I seem to do this, especially when writing by hand. Probably 80% of the time that I could.

Like this:
I wantedinner so i wento eachotel.

Thats obviously extreme. But its frustrating by hand, and I feel like by the time my hand finishes writing a sentence my brain is thinking about the next page...

If you used a Dvorak keyboard instead of a Qwerty keyboard, you'd be less likely to do that when typing. I have nothing when it comes to writing. Maybe you should buy a faster pen?
 
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I never done it before...
 
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