Regular font for human beings to learn to write

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Sat, 2014-10-04 at 13:25 +0930, Tim wrote:
> Allegedly, on or about 03 October 2014, Patrick O'Callaghan sent:
> > I have never heard this proposition in my (many) decades
> > of speaking and writing English. Could it be something specific to
> > Australian schools? 
> 
> No idea.  I know it's done here, because I was born here and went
> through it.  My mother was an English teacher from England, and does
> the
> same thing, so I presume they're the same.

That could be because she was following local practice. I'm from a
family of teachers and have never heard of it, but I'll ask around.

poc