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When I am writing with a fountain pen my spelling is worse.

 

I misspell the most obvious words routinely, words that I will spell correctly with a rollerball or on a keyboard.

 

I believe it is because fountain pens are so interesting to write with, I get distracted from what I am writing. I start thinking “gosh this stub makes my letters so sharp” or “this shade of brown ink looks great on this paper” or “nice flex on the curve of that b” and somehow the automatic action of writing a word gets forgotten.

 

My wife finds it so amusing she will often look over my shoulder when I am writing with a favourite fountain pen just to point out that “milk” is not spelt with an “e” or whatever other stupid mistake I am making.

 

Is it just me?

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My spelling can go off no matter what medium I'm using. The eyesight and ages of abuse don't help any either. As an aside here I would mention that one motivation I had to use ink was so I might eventually learn to be deliberate and concentrated to the point where I could become accurate but spontaneity is endangered instead. Using the pen for drawing though carrys me into another zone altogether. A Hegalian process unfolds where the mistake transforms the direction and heads me on into an unanticipated transformation instead. Thus for Surrealism there are no mistakes and nothing is purposeful.

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You are not alone. When I first started working on my handwriting, I would misspell lots of words. It seemed as if my hand wanted to do the more popular letter combinations, even if it wasn't what I meant to write. It goes away over time.

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Yep, I do the same thing! :o I thought I was alone on that actually. It's kind of embarrassing in snail mails, and I often make it worse by writing (oops!) as I continue on. :blush: I most often forget to include "i's".

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For about a year, right after I got into fountain pens, I thought that "Pelican" was spelled with a "k."

 

In fact, even today, when I see the word "Pelican," I secretly laugh to myself for a few seconds, thinking, "Silly person, learn how to spell!" Then I just shake my head and realize how pervasive an influence fountain pens have had on my entire life.

 

Other than that, I haven't had any extraordinary spelling difficulties when writing with a fountain pen. However, I have noticed a decreased focus when writing with a fine pen; much of my mental RAM is spent telling myself, "Great pen. Smooth writer. What a soft, responsive nib! Beautiful blue ink. Magnificent shading." Sad, really.

 

But I wouldn't have it any other way.

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oddly enough, when I'm concentrating on writing slower to be neater, I have more spelling errors. it's because I'm focused on the letters and not the words. so to some degree, this is true for me as well. when i am writing my own stuff that doesn't need to be neat, i have very few problems. Letters to others, especially lately, have a few more cross-outs. :P

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I`m with you Daniel,

It seems that most of my journal entries devolve into "oh, this is a beautiful pen, and the ink is.... maybe I`ll switch to ...... with....ink.

I feel like I`ve become a shallow person.

But, I`m just going to have to learn to accommodate, acommodate, accomadate, accomodate, oh heck, put up with this problem :rolleyes:

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Hi vic,

My wife finds it so amusing she will often look over my shoulder when I am writing with a favourite fountain pen just to point out that “milk” is not spelt with an “e” or whatever other stupid mistake I am making.

 

Is it just me?

You can tell her now that you were practicing your Dutch :lol:. Milk is "melk" in Dutch, after all :D.

 

Warm regards, Wim

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Well, I make less mistakes than I do on a keyboard. But then, I am not a typist, and still peck my keys :D, while I was taught to write with a dip pen and a fountain pen from an early age on... :D

 

Warm regards, Wim

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i am spending the day checking spelling on a document for hubby (only 180 pages, single-spaced, font size 9). most of the time he does okay - but this time around he was in a hurry.

 

(long, complex story as to why it can't be done automatically - largely to do with the interspersing of code and a gazillion German, Italian, Russian, Arabic, etc. words that the spellcheck doesn't recognize.)

 

I think he's not so happy with a British friend as he has typed "Britsh" each time. :)

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Perhaps a fountain pen with spellcheck will be available some day. <_<

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I realy can't say that ever hapens to me... nope... never...

 

:lol:

 

In truth, I experience the same thing when I am writing in that I can get distracted by the pen, ink and paper and completely forget how to spell.

 

This is always good when you are on the last line of a calligraphy project and the internal spell checker fails.

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Hi,

 

That happens when I am using a ballpoint. Using a fountain pen improves my spelling. Just let you mind think and you ideas form on paper accordingly.

 

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