Well, I always wanted to know, how did this swirling chain linking writing ,,begin …………and it goes back a long long time ago ,,,
IT GOES AS FAR BACK WHEN THERE WAS A DASHING YOUNG MAN , WHO WAS TRAVELING ON BOARD A
SHIP WITH VERY LARGE WHITE SALES ,,,,AND THIS YOUNG MAN WANTED TO WRITE A LETTER , I HAVE NO
IDEA WHO THE LETTER WAS FOR … BUT HE HAD THIS INK JAR AND A PEN THAT YOU HAD TO DID INTO THE INK
AND START TO WRITE, BUT EACH TIME HE PUT PEN TO PAPER ., THE SHIP WOULD ROCK ONE WAY THEN
THE OTHER , CAUSING HIS PEN TO JUST SWISH AND HE THOUGHT IT LOOKED LIKE AN ERROR INDEED..
THE MAN SAID SURELY THIS WILL NEVER DO , THEN HE BEGAN TO SEE SOMETHING ODD, AS HE LOOKED
CLOSER , HE TRIED TO EXPERIMENT WITH THE MOVEMENT OF THE SHIP AND PEN TOGETHER …..BELIEVE IT
OR NOT IT WAS THE CREATION OF A NEW HANDWRITING , ABOARD A SHIP . HE WAS A BRILLANT MAN ,
HE WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT HIS NEW DISCOVERY ,, HE DECIDED TO KEEP IT A SECRET AND GET A PATENT .
SOON HE EVEN CAME UP WITH A NAME FOR HIS NEW FOUND WRITING ………EXACTLY , HE CALLED IT
PENMANSHIP ,,, IT BEGAN TO SPREAD ALL OVER THE WORLD …….PENMANSHIP … NOTE … A PEN , A MAN ,
AND A SHIP …..MAKE UP PENMANSHIP. SO KEEP IN MIND ALWAYS KEEP ALERT , NO MATTER HOW SMALL
A NEW THING MIGHT BE , IT MAY BE A DISCOVERY OF A LIFE TIME., FOR WE ARE ALL FEARFULLY AND WONDER-
FULLY MADE. 
July 27th, 2011 at 11:25 am
You’re making that up! For the real history, check the Wikipedia article on cursive writing.