[Magdalen] pencils

[Cantor03 at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/8/2015 12:17:12 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
gracecan at gmail.com writes:

I loathe  the feel of mechanical pencils! But then, I don't like the hard 
regular  pencils, either! (#3?)>>>>>>>
Grace -
 
What is this "feel" of pens and pencils to which you refer?  I've  never
encountered this term in relation to writing instruments before.
 
And on the subject of pencils, I see a majority (USA) of pictures 
taken of persons writing, and they are clutching pen/pencil in the
most awkward way.  In my day in grammar school, the teacher 
would yank the pen/pencil out of the student's hands and show him/
her the correct way.  But, then, we had a regular penmanship  class
through grade school.
 
There is some of the same awkwardness in handling flatware,
I've noticed.
 
 
 
David Strang.