You still send letters write by habd, or use just e mails?

i used emails in writing letters now....easier and fast...

I think that sending an email is all right if you need someone to receive information quickly. Sending a personal handwritten letter is how i prefer to correspond with close family and friends. There is more warmth and heart and soul in words that written by your hand than a computer. More love and care go into a handwritten message.

Hi, Ice! There are times when e-mail is just too impersonal. I'd estimate that I send at least 5 or 6 hand-written letters a month, and I know the recipients are glad they came that way!

Interesting concept. What is scary though is that will be technology in the future. Being the Editor-in-chief of my university publication, I tend to be up to date and send out all my messages via email. It is quick, it is easy, and most of the time it is easier to access. But at the same time, I have been sending a lot of written letters lately. My family is a firm believer of being very personal and being close so the idea of sending a written letter makes it feel as though we have our own little thing going on between us. Also I have a girlfriend and she is a sucker for letters so I like to write her one at least once a week, so she knows I care. but that is personally given to her by hand, not mailed at all, so who knows if that is considered a true letter my mail... hmm... interesting question though.

I personally find e-mails alot easier to communicate and if people take the time they can put the same content in an e-mail than a letter. The royalmail here in the uk is rubbish and i've had several missing letters and have to resend and pay again. E-mails are a free service and if they do go missing you can just copy and paste and send again without having to re-write a letter again.

I very rarely write letters, the only time i do is if i am making a complaint to a company but that is still very rarely because most companys can be contacted by email now a days. The good thing about email is you can contact people quickly, like when i email my friend whos recently gone to university three hours away. But i do feel that if you had to wait a few days for letters you would look forward more to hearing from them and it would be exciting. Like rushing to the postman every morning to see if you have received a letter. Well i say morning my postman doesnt get here to afternoon somedays and midday most days. I think it is more romantic if you are sending letters to a lover. Waiting days for there letters, wondering what they have written. Wondering if they feel the same,if they miss you. It always make me feel warm when i watch romanic films and they are writing letters and you hear there voice as they are writing it. I love that i dont know about anyone else maybe its just me. Yeah perhaps we will all become telepathic, then we will all just sit around all day having discussions in our minds and wouldnt use the internet like this would we ha ha.

I send cards to people for special occasions, holidays, anniversaries, birthdays, sympathy, etc. but the rest of the time, I prefer to send e-mail.

Hi icesmile, Yeah its true, I forgot how to write, my handwriting is becoming from bad to worse, and I feel like writing in short forms, just like we text messages, so I think soon there wont be any post office and no job for a postman.... sending email is faster and easier, I dont remember when we switched to this mode but the older method will bring more joy and smile to the person receiving the letter.....

There are invented technology today that can read mind but still on the process to make it application is really reliable enough. I know that there is time that there is device that can read mind of people...Have a nice day!

Most of my communication is via email but I still by nice stationary and cards to use myself or give as gifts.

If people have got a computer io find it is a lot quicker to send them a email.An email is more reliable than a letter as a letter can get lost in the post where as a email do not.I find that more and more people as well as companies as well as people rely on emails rather than letters.If a person has bad hand writing then it is better to type than write.

Hi icesmile. I write letters nut not regularly. i write to people who are not able to operate computer. Also i write articles for news paper .

I'm a victim of the times. I haven't sent a letter to someone since a friend of mine was in basic training. That of course is only because they can't receive e-mails. It was nice though to receive letters in the mail. It's something to look forward to. I'm afraid that the only time I will send a letter is if the person I am writing to doesn't have e-mail. Yes it is easier and most importantly, it's free.

I don't think email make us more lazy in hands or brains. With email, we can communiate more quick and convenient, and it makes us doing thing more efficient.

If I want to get a message to a person right away, then emails are the quickest and most efficient way to go. However, if the person I correspond with has no internet or doesn't even own a computer, then I write letters by hand and send them through the United States Postal Service.

i seldom send letters written by hand,but in my view,this way can express your gretings to receivers much better,i guess i would feel so moved if oneday i received a greeting cards from my friend!

really i did forget hand written letters... its been years since i wrote a letter to any one.. and emails? i don thin there are many people who send emails to theirs friends too fter most popular sites have come up with instant messengers and slos the im facilities infused to the sites web pages .. it was really a different feeling when we used to write lettters to some one... then post it and wait for the reply... a totaly different feel...

i grew up in the era of technology, so ive always used emails. theyre very convenient, although i can see the appeal to letters, because you have to put effort into getting all your thoughts into that one message.. so they can end up being a better exchange. were fully in the computer age though, no turning back from that.

Hi icesmile, I have 3 pen pals here in the Uk who I write to regularly, although I have to admit that because my handwriting leaves a lot to be desired, I type my letters to them on the computer.I enjoy sending a letter through the post to each of my friends and look forward to their letters to me coming through my letter box.I also have friends who I e-mail so I think both methods are good.

your right, people are forgetting how to write letters...and I'll be the first to admit I am one of those. It is more convenient to sit at a computer (for those who are computer savvy) and move your fingers and write seventy words a minute compared to hand-writing seventy words in ten or so minutes. I see the good and bad of technology. But for those who have elders that lived in a time of pre-computer history...handwriting a letter is the best thing to do. They understand the time and bit of effort you actually have to do to write them the particular letter. And as mentioned in today's world...handwriting a letter IS more romantic...for the same reasons as above, an email just seems more generic and fabricated than a true hand written letter. And as an additional note...computers and email are taking the handwriting classes (cursive) out of school, so if I don't teach my children all they will ever know is how to sign their name...if that! So, I believe between your elders and maybe that special someone...we should write more letters...let the future continue to bring about more advances in communicating but we should never let our handwriting skills turn into an ancient art form that only 5 people in the world will know how to do.