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DanielLB
Immortal
Nov 23 2016, 6:59am
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How do you grasp your writing implement?
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(Inspired by one of Annael's 'Getting to Know You' questions): Ever since a child I have been told that I do not hold my pen/pencil correctly which makes my handwriting very messy and difficult to read. No, I'm not left-handed. But there must be other weirdos out there? So, using the pictures below, how do you grasp your pen? I don't really fall into any of the above categories. I wrap my thumb around the pen in between my index and middle finger, and then the nib rests in between my middle finger and ring finger.
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Alcarcalime
Tol Eressea
Nov 23 2016, 10:33am
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I grasp the pen with my thumb and forefinger and rest the pen/pencil on the end knuckle of my middle finger.
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dormouse
Half-elven
Nov 23 2016, 12:04pm
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I hold it between thumb and forefinger, resting it on the middle finger around the upper joint with the other fingers tucked in behind it. Sort of.... And I'm right-handed
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Otaku-sempai
Immortal
Nov 23 2016, 12:12pm
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All of the illustrations are right-handed.
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sevilodorf
Tol Eressea
Nov 23 2016, 2:02pm
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Pencil callus on my ring finger too. My middle brother does the same though everyone else is "normal".
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Ethel Duath
Half-elven
Nov 23 2016, 3:00pm
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I use E, but my grandmother said G is correct
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She kept trying to teach me the Palmer method she learned, and to relax my hand, but I never had the patience.
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Bracegirdle
Valinor
Nov 23 2016, 3:17pm
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My thumb and middle-finger control the vertical; my thumb and forefinger control the horizontal (or something ). Sounds like the intro. to The Outer Limits: “Do not attempt to adjust the picture . . . We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical.”
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Annael
Immortal
Nov 23 2016, 3:23pm
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I have quite the callus on my middle finger.
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Ingwion
Lorien
Nov 23 2016, 5:43pm
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This is exactly the same as me.
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Ataahua
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Nov 23 2016, 5:47pm
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It's what I do too.
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Alassëa Eruvande
Valinor
Nov 23 2016, 7:52pm
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I have always held my pen that way and have a bump on my middle finger's first joint to show for it. There is also a small callous on the second joint of the pinky finger where it rubs along on the paper. My hand writing is legible, but not particularly attractive. My sister in law works for a title company that has all the old hand-written titles and deeds in their physical plant. Some of that script is beautiful!
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malickfan
Gondor
Nov 23 2016, 7:58pm
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Hard to tell from those pictures, but I think it's G
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I rest the pen/pencil between the thumb and index finger, gripping in between the index and middle finger.
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Starling
Half-elven
Nov 24 2016, 6:29am
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'E' is the correct grip, if anyone is wondering. //
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Alcarcalime
Tol Eressea
Nov 24 2016, 9:00am
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telling what the pictures were showing. I even used a magnifying glass. I kind of used the picture and the description and didn't see what I do. Maybe it is because I have such long fingers, I have more finger sticking out past the pen.
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dormouse
Half-elven
Nov 24 2016, 4:10pm
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Left-handed and apparently upside-down!
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Otaku-sempai
Immortal
Nov 24 2016, 9:40pm
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I missed that. "E' seems about right (for a mirror image) for how I hold a pen/pencil.
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sparrowruth
Rivendell
Nov 26 2016, 10:21pm
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it's most like J except I wrap my thumb around the barrel and grip it like I'm trying to strangle it.....
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Gianna
Rohan
Nov 28 2016, 3:51pm
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Though the diagrams are a little difficult to see properly. I rest it on my third finger and secure it with my thumb and index finger. Mum's always told me I hold it wrong, but looks like a lot of people here do the same! At any rate it works for me; my handwriting is the neatest, other than maybe Mum's, in our family of eleven.
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swordwhale
Tol Eressea
Dec 2 2016, 6:35pm
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places fingers on home keys, still can't type...
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kind of E-ish, but with thumb over pen... I can mirror write with my left hand, but it's messy (due to lack of practice). I think I type dyslexic, sometimes mixing up the sequence of letters...
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