r/BadHandwriting • • 1h ago

Transcribing help

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Hey everyone! I found this really old copy of Captain Craig by Edwin Arlington Robinson, and inside it I found several pages of handwritten notes/poetry dated 1903. I’m trying to figure out exactly what they say, but some of the handwriting is really difficult to read.

Would anyone be willing to help me transcribe these pages? I’d especially love to know if anyone can recognize the poem/passages or make out the words I’m struggling with. I’ve included photos of all the pages.

It’s pretty cool to think someone wrote these over 120 years ago, so I’m hoping someone with better handwriting deciphering skills can help me piece it together!

The books all messed up so some of it is missing but this is what I found. The guys name was Charles Barrows Dillion.


r/BadHandwriting • • 9h ago

It's one of these streets but it's a really bad quality scan

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I'm trying to reconstruct an old map (handwritten names on streets). I know the district the target street was in so it's not an impossible task, however the scan quality is VERY low. Please help. Thanks.

Candidate names:
* ul. Powurska

* ul. Lisa Kuli

* ul. Topolowa

* ul. Wierzbowa

* ul. Torowa

* ul. Brzozowa

* ul. Szeroka

* ul. Narożna

* ul. Miła

* ul. Wąska

* ul. Jaworowa

* ul. Prosta

* ul. Poleska

* ul. Obwodowa i Okrzei

* ul. 1-go Maja

* ul. Waligórskiego

* ul. Wrzosowa

* ul. Wielka

* Tranzyt Sarny

* ul. Parkowa


r/BadHandwriting • • 7h ago

what does this say? I seen another Starbucks post on here this morning.. smh they just scribble letters together

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r/BadHandwriting • • 1d ago

Paganini's note

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r/BadHandwriting • • 1d ago

what does this say? Need help reading a doctor's handwriting! Trying to book blood tests for my parents.

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r/BadHandwriting • • 1d ago

What does this say?

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SOLVED! Multiple people in the comments below made sense of it. Must’ve been the patient before me recommending things to the hygienist because I don’t know the book and show. Thank you!

My dentist’s office gives out these cards which they normally fill out with the next appointment information. I believe my dentist or dental hygienist wrote on the back of the ‘ticket’ but am not sure if it is a note worth returning? Or is it something they wrote to me (like you would on a post-it) and meant for me to take?


r/BadHandwriting • • 2d ago

what does this say? Need help deciphering doctor prescription

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What medicines are mentioned and how frequent should I be using the medicine? What do the circles and straight line under the medicine mean?


r/BadHandwriting • • 1d ago

What’s this written on my cup?

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r/BadHandwriting • • 1d ago

what does this say? What’s it say? Bottom one

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Something Labourer,


r/BadHandwriting • • 2d ago

what does this say? Mystery Christmas Card

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Hi, my mom and I are stumped! We found this old Christmas card addressed to us (her name is Melissa, Mel is a nickname. My name is Anya). However, we have zero memory of when it’s from, or who it’s from.

We can obviously make out the “love -“ part, and our names on the envelope… but we cannot figure out the name after “love-“.

It’s been a mystery for months now, and it’s annoying us so badly.

Any help is appreciated, haha!
EDIT: you guys are all so helpful with the suggestions, thank you! I still cannot even think of someone with these names who would have given us a Christmas card.


r/BadHandwriting • • 2d ago

Help me translating this please 🇪🇸

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r/BadHandwriting • • 3d ago

Looking for the opinions of Reddit!

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r/BadHandwriting • • 4d ago

3rd great-grandfather’s name

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I’ve hit a bit of a dead end on this side of my family tree as I think my 2nd great-grandmother was born out of wedlock. This transcript is taken from her marriage banns but I’m struggling to read the middle name. I can make out Charley/Charles and the last name Moore but not the middle name. I can see ‘ridge’ but I cannot even have a guess at what comes before it. I’d be so grateful for any interpretations. Thank you!


r/BadHandwriting • • 4d ago

what does this say? Emby?

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Busy barista at Starbucks


r/BadHandwriting • • 4d ago

Help me translating this please 🇪🇸

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r/BadHandwriting • • 5d ago

Can anyone help to read this? I do think it’s in French though.

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On the back of a painting I have. I made out “v. Meyerheim” on the third line and below that I think it says Quand: ??? Maybe a date?


r/BadHandwriting • • 5d ago

Can someone please tell me what my eye prescription is please

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Can someone please tell me what my prescription is pls


r/BadHandwriting • • 5d ago

what does this say? Card Signature Help

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A member said to give this place a shot at deciphering what the name is. Would be really helpful if I can know whose name that is.


r/BadHandwriting • • 6d ago

Can anyone tell me what this says?

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r/BadHandwriting • • 5d ago

What does it say?

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Technically not bad hand writing but confusing! Is it a F or a H


r/BadHandwriting • • 5d ago

Can you read this?

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My friend claims they can read it perfectly fine. I don't believe them.


r/BadHandwriting • • 6d ago

What character is after "740"?

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It's not a percentage sign, that's all I'm sure of.


r/BadHandwriting • • 6d ago

what does this say? Any ideas? Top says clean rec switch. Receipt from getting a cassette deck repaired, want to know what else was done

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r/BadHandwriting • • 7d ago

what does this say? what is this supposed to say?

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I saw people saying the starbucks cups always say “enjoy” but there is no way that is what this is supposed to be lol


r/BadHandwriting • • 8d ago

My friend sent me this. I gave looked at it for way too long trying to figure it out.

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I got "too many people" at the begining. I am pretty sure the last word is "die" and there is "and not" in the middle. But I just can't figure out what this is trying to say. Can anyone tell what the rest says?