Is writing becoming a lost art?

Do you still write and receive handwritten letters?

I still write occasional letters to relatives and love to receive letters, it's so much more personal than today's method of communicating.

For older children/teenagers, texting, emailing and instant messaging appear to be replacing phone chatting and "hanging about" catching up on things.
The English language is being devolved into bursts of letters - "OMG, LOL, ILY" etcetera ..... not everyone can figure them out!

I would hate to see snail mail die out

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I think it's a threatened species Mags (:

How's your handwriting. Mine has never been beautiful but it was always legible and fairly neat. Now I often struggle with shopping lists - which seem to be the only things I write on a regular basis

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I've often been told that my handwriting is very neat When we were taught "double" writing at school it was thorough - the 'h' had to be taller than the 't', the loops of the 'f', 'g' 'y' had to be a certain way and it was enjoyable to learn. I don't think proper writing is taught in schools these days, if it is, it's totally different to the way we were taught.

I am writing something every day as I still keep a diary . I always have a notepad by me at home and am always jotting things down. I have another pad here at the computer where I'm always making notes (mainly to ask my son if I have a query with my comp!).

And yes, I have to make out a shopping list too!

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I think a 'thank you' always requires a hand written note and email is a no no in that case.

I have a dear friend who does not have a computer and we write back and forth quite a bit and I love to see a letter from her in my mailbox.

I really do think that the postal system will never recover financially from what email has taken from them.

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I've received Thank You letters every year from my grandchildren from the first time they were able to write and I've kept every one of them as they are so special.

My granddaughter (9) even leaves me "I love you" messages written in my sudoku and crossword books when I'm not looking!

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I haven't hand-written a letter in years, and must admit I much prefer typing. Not only is it faster but I can go over what I've typed and edit things if I don't quite like what I've put.

I think 'love letters' should be hand written tho

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I agree Azz, . . If I were to write a hand written letter the waste paper basket would be full by the time I got it right.

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tut-tut ...... you boys need to have more patience and take your time!

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But, . . but, . . but, . . Mags, there aint a spell checker on a pen is there.

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...or a rewind button