fountain pens and foreign scripts

**ndw76** · July 24th, 2013, 07:16 AM

IMG_20130724_201716.jpgMy daughter is getting closer to school age and she is going to be learning Thai and English. English is no problem for me, but I want to try to keep up with her in Thai. I already speak a bit of Thai so now I am concentrating on reading and writing. I know that starting now I am getting a Head start, but I'm going to need it.

**Marsilius** · July 24th, 2013, 12:22 PM

Very nice. It can also be fun and liberating to write in scripts that are not one's own!

**Tracy Lee** · July 24th, 2013, 03:04 PM

Agree with this a lot. Russian is a different alphabet from print to cursive, really a brain teaser. I studied it a bit in college and enjoyed writing it more than speaking.

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**manoeuver** · July 24th, 2013, 03:39 PM

Originally Posted by Tracy Lee

Agree with this a lot. Russian is a different alphabet from print to cursive, really a brain teaser. I studied it a bit in college and enjoyed writing it more than speaking.

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heh. I got my BA in Russian. My cyrillic handwriting was way better than my english for my tenure at school.

**Tracy Lee** · July 24th, 2013, 04:45 PM

Originally Posted by manoeuver

Originally Posted by Tracy Lee

Agree with this a lot. Russian is a different alphabet from print to cursive, really a brain teaser. I studied it a bit in college and enjoyed writing it more than speaking.

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heh. I got my BA in Russian. My cyrillic handwriting was way better than my english for my tenure at school.

Awesome. I've wanted to get back to it but haven't.

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**cedargirl** · July 25th, 2013, 12:29 AM

Originally Posted by ndw76

My daughter is getting closer to school age and she is going to be learning Thai and English. English is no problem for me, but I want to try to keep up with her in Thai. I already speak a bit of Thai so now I am concentrating on reading and writing. I know that starting now I am getting a Head start, but I'm going to need it.

You're right, it's amazing how quickly kids can pick up languages at that age. And that script looks hard. Good luck!