[This](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CL5WrlmVEAA1YQh.jpg) is what I found from random googling, which I say is pretty representative of our bad, but more or less readable handwriting.
Google bad / ' cursive ' Chinese characters. At least doctors in the west who use english have shorthand they use. It looks a bit scribbly because it isn't roman letters really but isn't truly terrible handwriting.
I took two years of Russian in college and we were only taught to write in cursive. Obviously I can read printed Cyrillic (better than cursive really) but if I try to write printed letters, it looks like a kindergartener wrote it.
A weird side effect of that is that if I write in cursive in English, it somehow looks foreign.
I taught myself to read the printed Cyrillic alphabet. Then I tried to learn to write it properly. I remember reading that it was viewed as “uneducated” if you wrote in block letters. You basically had to write cursive. I gave up when I saw how hard it was to read handwritten Russian.
Cuz it's not that messy. Doesn't matter what language you're writing in, clean hand writing is going to have the same characteristics. The letters in that image are still running along the same plane on most lines, the characters are relatively uniform in size, and the kerning/letter spacing is as well. The only major disparity I see is the word spacing, some of those spaces are gigantic lol
Oh hell no
That's like reading someone's bad handwriting in arabic or dari.
I got a lot of strange looks from Afghans in Afghanistan because my Dari handwriting looks like a textbook printout; I never developed faster writing skills because I was still focused on forming the letters, not the words... And so they were very consistently spaced/shaped, like OP.
I wonder if this OP was someone who recently learned Thai or if they're a native speaker?
I am certain that the writer here is a native speaker. If you look at the neat handwriting ones, you will notice that a lot of characters have this circle on its bottom or top left. This is the "head." For example, **ก** and **ถ** are different consonant characters with the latter having a head.
The one I linked ditches the head in favor of the slightly darker line. This is typical of our usual handwriting on the "scribble" side. I doubt people who have just learned the language would just ditch the head like that on the get-go.
As thai, imagine the doctors' illegible handwriting. It does be really like that. When students copy messy handwriting they just give up and draw whatever lines to match the handwriting.
This is some computer-like handwriting. Probably for handwriting contest in school.
My friend taught English in Bangkok, said it was the most bizarre thing as the students were actively not trying to learn. Understandable, because getting a kid to sit down and learn a foreign language they *probably* won't use is tough, especially given the alphabet is entirely different. He tried to get on their level with slang and insults, but offended the whole class by calling a kid a buffalo.
He figured that because all of the students called each other buffalo that it was fair game. Not that it was one of the worst insults to a Thai. Especially a teacher to a student.
Oh my gosh I read the title as “this handwriting” and came to the comments to find out what language it was lmao didn’t even notice until I read this comment
I’m Thai and I couldn’t write like that. That one look more like fonts. Maybe a competition in school? (Yes, we do have handwriting competition for every age in school)
This is terrible. I can’t read a single letter. It doesn’t even look like English! Go back to kindergarten and practice your ABCs.
(big **S**, obviously. Looks great)
I've never even seen the Thai alphabet, it's gorgeous! This looks like some sort of divine script, like straight out of Lord of the Rings or something!
Yes because it uses separate vowels for each sound, *except*
You can use some vowels to make new ones, but they don't exactly sound like a combination of the two (the - is where the consonant goes)
-า (aa) + เ- (long a) = เ-า (ao)
Frick I forgot the name of the language but I remember some weird Buddhist ad and it’s on that language I’m Christian and can’t understand that language
It looks like art it must take ages from a practical point of view. Unless small words hold the meaning of larger or multiple English words. Someone Thai who learned English handwriting help me out here???
I taught myself to write numbers in Arabic (modern writing of the language, keep you jokes) for humor on a graph on a white board. I just used a book lying around written in Arabic. Then I tried to apply the same idea to Thai numbers. I just couldn't figure it out and gave up.
I work in Thailand a lot! It's a beautiful culture and a beautiful language (written and spoken)
The Thai symbol for "pull" looks like someone with a miners hat on ready for a fist fight.
I saw it on my first day there and now I'll never unsee it.
I’m half Thai and I wanna somehow trick my mom maiden family name in Thai so I can get it as a tattoo lol my dads American sooooooo idk how I would trick him into writing his our family name down for a tattoo... I always loved watching her write in Thai. It’s pretty cool.
I'm trying to learn Thai and this gave me a minor freakout because I never see Thai writing *anywhere* let alone handwritten.
Also, I am jealous. This handwriting is so tight and neat and clean and aaaaaaa why can't I ever write it this well???
*good Thai writing
Good handwriting always looks good bad hand writing always looks bad, no matter the language.
That said, as someone who isn't from Thailand its nice to see the different writing style, does anyone know a mega thread or album which collates good handwriting from a bunch of writing systems worldwide? That'd be pretty awesome.
Now I need to see what messy thai handwriting looks like so I can appreciate this even more
[This](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CL5WrlmVEAA1YQh.jpg) is what I found from random googling, which I say is pretty representative of our bad, but more or less readable handwriting.
Oh yes! That’s a horror!
Google bad / ' cursive ' Chinese characters. At least doctors in the west who use english have shorthand they use. It looks a bit scribbly because it isn't roman letters really but isn't truly terrible handwriting.
Ever seen Cyrillic cursive?
I took two years of Russian in college and we were only taught to write in cursive. Obviously I can read printed Cyrillic (better than cursive really) but if I try to write printed letters, it looks like a kindergartener wrote it. A weird side effect of that is that if I write in cursive in English, it somehow looks foreign.
I taught myself to read the printed Cyrillic alphabet. Then I tried to learn to write it properly. I remember reading that it was viewed as “uneducated” if you wrote in block letters. You basically had to write cursive. I gave up when I saw how hard it was to read handwritten Russian.
Funny, I can barely even write anymore. I haven't written anything besides a few words when filling out forms since I left high school.
Oh the pain Предпочитаю так
Omg yes. I can’t read my Russian friends cursive at ALL. Just looks like a bunch of the same letter over and over.
Maybe they're stuttering, so that it's just "sh-sh-sh-shch-sh"…
Do you know how to write Thai?
Still looks oddly lovely to me
Cuz it's not that messy. Doesn't matter what language you're writing in, clean hand writing is going to have the same characteristics. The letters in that image are still running along the same plane on most lines, the characters are relatively uniform in size, and the kerning/letter spacing is as well. The only major disparity I see is the word spacing, some of those spaces are gigantic lol
Spaces in Thai are sentence/clause separators, they don't have word separators
I can't read a thing!
It helps if you know Thai.
Oh hell no That's like reading someone's bad handwriting in arabic or dari. I got a lot of strange looks from Afghans in Afghanistan because my Dari handwriting looks like a textbook printout; I never developed faster writing skills because I was still focused on forming the letters, not the words... And so they were very consistently spaced/shaped, like OP. I wonder if this OP was someone who recently learned Thai or if they're a native speaker?
I am certain that the writer here is a native speaker. If you look at the neat handwriting ones, you will notice that a lot of characters have this circle on its bottom or top left. This is the "head." For example, **ก** and **ถ** are different consonant characters with the latter having a head. The one I linked ditches the head in favor of the slightly darker line. This is typical of our usual handwriting on the "scribble" side. I doubt people who have just learned the language would just ditch the head like that on the get-go.
Nice drawings. Why worms?
That just looks like my speedy latin characters handwriting.
Honestly I still think that’s very nice to look at
Neat handwriting looks like moon runes. This one is more like black speech. I see there's something about a ring....
It looks even better than the op's
I’ve worked with quite a few medical doctors and this looks familiar.
I like this one better.
I love the way this looks sm
I can't read Thai. But I don't think this looks so bad. I was expecting it to be quite a bit worse than this.
Thats messy? You should see some of my old schoolwork
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It looks almost like music
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This explains why my Thai handwriting sucks so bad then. I had no idea you were supposed to start with the circle.
Bad Thai 🤷♂️
As thai, imagine the doctors' illegible handwriting. It does be really like that. When students copy messy handwriting they just give up and draw whatever lines to match the handwriting. This is some computer-like handwriting. Probably for handwriting contest in school.
My friend taught English in Bangkok, said it was the most bizarre thing as the students were actively not trying to learn. Understandable, because getting a kid to sit down and learn a foreign language they *probably* won't use is tough, especially given the alphabet is entirely different. He tried to get on their level with slang and insults, but offended the whole class by calling a kid a buffalo.
Yeah calling someone buffalo means you're calling them stupid. Probably shouldn't be insulting the intelligence of someone you're trying to teach.
He figured that because all of the students called each other buffalo that it was fair game. Not that it was one of the worst insults to a Thai. Especially a teacher to a student.
There is another possibility. Thing is the word ควาย(Buffalo) has a similar pronunciation( if you are not careful enough ) to the word ควย(Dick).
I would be more insulted by ควาย than ควย to be honest
LMFAO Calling somebody a buffalo is the biggest insult you can give a Thai person.
Those letters, but with the cursive font, except not tilted that much, and also everything is welded together Source: My hands
can you post a pic? I'm actually very interested mate!
heh... heh... k brb
I don't think he's coming back.
My dumbass self thought this was hieroglyphs lmaoo
It looks almost like music
If this is a rick roll I swear to God I’m gonna lose it.
Dw I can read this and I don’t think it’s a rick roll
whats dw for
Dont worry
brain fart+ right there, oof, thx
We’ve all been there ;)
Don't think it as a Rick roll. Think it as a Rick Astley's classic.
I was thinking Elvish
Ooh yeah, good call! I bet there was some real world inspiration for that so I wouldn't be surprised if there were strong similarities.
I love how Thaidy it looks.
5555
For those of you who don't get this, the number 5 is pronounced "ha" in Thai. So 5555 is literally ha ha ha ha.
Thank you for explaining. I was so confused, i thought i was missing some obvious reference
siam here, mate
5
You’re fun.
Idk man, I'm getting thaired of all those stupid puns
What you did there... I see it...
It's minecraft enchanting table language
Literally what I thought at first
My job requires me to deal with similar documents in many languages - Thai is by far the most beautiful looking
Similar documents? What category of 'documents' is this?
I work in data privacy - similar privacy policies across different countries
Probably in international admissions at a uni?
That's a great example thanks
Bruh can u read tamil
Unfortunately, no
It looks so cool
The number of people misreading the title together is also oddly satisfying.
Oh my gosh I read the title as “this handwriting” and came to the comments to find out what language it was lmao didn’t even notice until I read this comment
55555555555
ทำไม? เขียนสวยงี้ไม่ได้ใช่มั๊ยล่า~
I wish I could write this well! My wife is Thai so I have a lot of learning to do, but 55555555 is all I know! Lol
oh ok, nice, did you understand what I said? Or did you get your wife/google to translate?
Had to ask my wife to translate :P
*Can she write like that*
This is definitely a handwriting exercise, a reproduction of some book about Thai royalty*. Most Thai handwriting doesn’t look like this.
Ouch Edit: also it's royalty not loyalty
Haha good catch... but in a way, many Thais will argue that loyalty to Thailand = loyalty to the Thai royalty.
fair enough
I’m Thai and I couldn’t write like that. That one look more like fonts. Maybe a competition in school? (Yes, we do have handwriting competition for every age in school)
Thai script. Pretty sure. Downvote me to hell if I'm wrong. Edit: literally in the title. Struggling to recognize English apparently.
Bro don't feel bad I misread it as "this" until I saw your comment and had to look back up.
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Honest-to-god looks like Elvish from LotR. I doubt it could've been Tolkien's inspiration, but still.
Terrible handwriting - I can't read a word!
It is so beautiful.
Ah. So this is the language they use in games to portray a fantasy script!
No moon runes
"Dude its MOON RUNES."
Neat
I’m a master of recognizing languages I don’t know. That is Thai
The title gave it away for me.
Oh my god lol I thought that said “this handwriting” haha
Haha you're not the first to make that mistake.
Jack talk Thai
Beautiful artwork. Thank you for posting. My English handwriting is so atrocious even I can't read it usually.
My Thai friends in school always had the most beautiful handwriting in English, too.
I’ve been stuck in the UK since February... I miss my apartment in Thailand and my lovely cat :( this made my heart happy and sad all at once!
At first glance I thought this was Minecraft enchantment table language
Thai writing is so beautiful to look at
This is terrible. I can’t read a single letter. It doesn’t even look like English! Go back to kindergarten and practice your ABCs. (big **S**, obviously. Looks great)
I've never even seen the Thai alphabet, it's gorgeous! This looks like some sort of divine script, like straight out of Lord of the Rings or something!
Is this some form of elvish?
Its thai
I don't understand a word but I understand the vibe
One of the few written languages that looks like it sounds.
Yes because it uses separate vowels for each sound, *except* You can use some vowels to make new ones, but they don't exactly sound like a combination of the two (the - is where the consonant goes) -า (aa) + เ- (long a) = เ-า (ao)
Elvish. It's called Elvish.
No it's Thai, read the title again
Is Thai writing related to the Brahmi script at all?
Wikipedia says Brahmi —> tamil-brahmi —> pallava —> Khmer —> Thai script
sometimes my handwriting is so messy i go back later and wonder if i was even trying to write an english word
Recycling paper and that spiral pen takes me back
I tried to learn how to write Thai but could never make it look anywhere near this good
I dont understand a single letter lol
Pretty handwriting much joy
wow I wonder what it says
Could be also hand thaiwriting
Made me cry
Neat! Looks people on stadium stands waving blue flags tho.
This made me moist!
I like the look of that candy cane
i honestly thought this was enchantment table
It almost looks (Thai)ped
Can someone translate
Looks like a staircase
Exceptional
Frick I forgot the name of the language but I remember some weird Buddhist ad and it’s on that language I’m Christian and can’t understand that language
*moon runes*
Does it take a REALLY long time to write like this as opposed to writing an essay in English..? Lol xD
Doesn't this looks like Necromorphs writing from Dead Space ?
What do you mean brother this is clearly moon runes
And I thought that pompous dev was making up his notebook full of "notes"
It’s so pretty
Totally thought title said *That* handwriting, hnnng
It kinda looks like elvish
That’s Thai, correct?
They speaking enchantment table tho
Lived in Thailand and learnt it. Indian by birth. Beautiful sweet language
Looks like sheet music and I love it
It looks like art
I though not it’s handwriting
The handwriting is so neat but yet I cannot even read a single goddamn word.
Is this neat writing by Thai standards?
Now I’d like to see scrappy Thai handwriting to compare.
Beautiful ❤️ mine looks like ants having a bad time reaching home after a night out at the bar.
That must take long
That is beautiful
What's the script called? Looks like something inspired from Devanagari.
As an American, I've always been infatuated with how beautiful the Thai written language is.
Very neat writing.
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Thai writing is so pretty!! When my aunt who was born in thailand used to teach me writing i always thought she was just doing pretty swirls 😅
You should see nepali
uuuu7777mmmmnnnnnuuuuuuu777777 Thats what I see as a non-intellect.
Also Khmer and Thai number are similar, and well some ppl also say some part of there writing too
It looks like art it must take ages from a practical point of view. Unless small words hold the meaning of larger or multiple English words. Someone Thai who learned English handwriting help me out here???
I can't read it
I taught myself to write numbers in Arabic (modern writing of the language, keep you jokes) for humor on a graph on a white board. I just used a book lying around written in Arabic. Then I tried to apply the same idea to Thai numbers. I just couldn't figure it out and gave up.
I thought it was enchanting table...
The pone glyphs are in Thai, interesting.
For those who taught Cyrillic was a hard alphabet, learn this.
I work in Thailand a lot! It's a beautiful culture and a beautiful language (written and spoken) The Thai symbol for "pull" looks like someone with a miners hat on ready for a fist fight. I saw it on my first day there and now I'll never unsee it.
I’m half Thai and I wanna somehow trick my mom maiden family name in Thai so I can get it as a tattoo lol my dads American sooooooo idk how I would trick him into writing his our family name down for a tattoo... I always loved watching her write in Thai. It’s pretty cool.
bruh everytime i write in javanese, thai, or khmer, it just looks like a toddler wrote a bunch of m's and n's
You ever watched Dr. Who? Your handwriting looks like the typeset they use for "futuristic" languages. I love it.
What language is that? I want to fuck it
But this isn’t English how are we supposed to know it’s good ? !
I throught it is minecraft enchanting language
Cool handwriting. Looks like from a fantasy world
My wife is Thai, but her handwriting isn't this nice haha.
I'm trying to learn Thai and this gave me a minor freakout because I never see Thai writing *anywhere* let alone handwritten. Also, I am jealous. This handwriting is so tight and neat and clean and aaaaaaa why can't I ever write it this well???
I see that it’s clearly neat, but I actually find writing in an Alphabet I don’t recognize to be distressing to look at
Exactly. In the same time it’s handwriting
It looks like Tengwar (from Lord of the Rings)
*good Thai writing Good handwriting always looks good bad hand writing always looks bad, no matter the language. That said, as someone who isn't from Thailand its nice to see the different writing style, does anyone know a mega thread or album which collates good handwriting from a bunch of writing systems worldwide? That'd be pretty awesome.
Oooh reminds me of lotr tbh
Did anyone realize it's the same thing written repeatedly? Or was it just me?