Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!CALA-MUZIK!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!nx02.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!news.glorb.com!bigfeed2.bellsouth.net!news.bellsouth.net!hwmnpeer01.phx!news.highwinds-media.com!hw-filter.lga!newsfe23.lga.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: Lawson English User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Macintosh/20061207) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: japan.lang.japanese Subject: Re: Pen for writinh Hiragana References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 12 Message-ID: <20Anh.1346$kn7.876@newsfe23.lga> Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2007 15:09:02 -0700 NNTP-Posting-Host: 72.200.119.171 X-Complaints-To: admin@cox.net X-Trace: newsfe23.lga 1168034942 72.200.119.171 (Fri, 05 Jan 2007 15:09:02 MST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2007 15:09:02 MST Organization: Cox Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org japan.lang.japanese:409 Paul Oxberry wrote: > I have just started too learn Hiragana, and would like any ideas in what > would be a good type of pen the practice writing. > Ball point or felt tip, fine or thick. > > Paul I prefer ball point pen, myself, even for kanji. If you want a true calligraphic look, you need to get some kind of brush, even if its really a pen of some kind, but for handwriting, a ball point pen seems to work just fine. Certainly, the handwriting examples I've seen appear to use a バルペン。 (ball point pen).