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== [[Literature]] ==
* Hagrid from ''[[Harry Potter]]'' has a primitive, childish handwriting due to the lack of education.
* ''[[Dave Barry]] in Cyberspace'' claims that, though people learn to write neatly in "cursive" in childhood, their handwriting degenerates into random marks as they grow older. The typical example provided is a scribble allegedly written by President [[Harry S. Truman]] on August 3, 1945, intended to be an order of waffles for breakfast but interpreted as, "Let's drop the atomic bomb."
* It has been pointed out by Sophie and other characters that [[Howl's Moving Castle (novel)|Howl]] cannot write in a way that another human being could read.
== [[Live
* On [[Roseanne]], the Tom Arnold character Arnie was [[Put on a Bus]] and Roseanne showed his note to Dan.
{{quote|'''Dan:''' Who are the Allens and why are they out of spice?
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== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* This was a ''[[Hagar the Horrible]]'' strip once. Hagar, who's illiterate, wishes he could read the prescription a doctor gave him. So does the pharmacist (or whatever he was, since he's in the Viking age).
* In one ''[[Blondie (comic strip)|Blondie]]'' strip, Dagwood's handwriting is said to be so bad that a banker addressed him as "Doctor" when he left.
== [[Radio]] ==
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