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> It was like a chicken dipped its claws in ink and went digging for worms on the page.

Hilariously, my handwriting was frequently described by teachers as "как курица лапой" which is just about the equivalent of your description.

Despite my terrible handwriting though, I still enjoy writing by hand. I've found I rarely ever end up going back to much of what I wrote down, but the whole process of turning thought into word into writing is very therapeutic and helpful for remembering and processing things.



It might be a Slavic thing, in Polish bad handwriting is called "piszesz jak kura pazurem" which means "you write like a hen(would) with its claw".


Where I am from, it's called "chicken scratch".


In France it's "pattes de mouche", meaning the letters look like a fly's legs.


Here in Brazil we say "parece titica de galinha" (looks like chicken shit). Seem like a universal thing, comparing bad hand writing with chickens...


>> Hilariously, my handwriting was frequently described by teachers as "как курица лапой" which is just about the equivalent of your description.

My turn of phrase wasn't entirely original, I'm Greek and we call handwriting like mine "chicken scrawlings". So basically what I wrote :)




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