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Scrievin
is the airt o scartin merks ontae something whauras
writin
is the act o
recordin
information
on a
medium
sae that it micht be read by ithers or at a later
time
. The tairm "scrieve" is defined be the
Dictionar o the Scots Leid
as "To write, esp. to write easily and copiously".
[1]
A
writer
is ane wha uises written wirds in sindry styles an techniques tae communicate thair ideas. An
author
is narraely defined as the oreeginator o ony written wirk an can thus be describit as a writer (wi ony distinction primarily bein an implication that an author is a writer o ane or mair major wirks, such as beuks or plays).
The medium is for ordinar
paper
, tho ither
permanent
media
, sic as
claith
an
cley
can be uised. Temporar media sic as
televeesion
an
pictur
screens
can be uised for tae shaw writin an aw.
Writin is aft duin uisin a
haund tuil
sic as a
pincil
, a
pen
, or a
besom
, but mair an mair,
text
is bein creatit by
computer prenters
unner the guidal o a
computer
application
.
In the earliest times, writin wis for ordinar a set o
picturs
, that stuid for
wirds
or
ideas
. The
Egyptians
uised this kind o method in thair
upmak
o
hieroglyphs
.
Cheenae
uises the same thocht the day, whaur a
chairacter
staunds for a thing raither nor a
soond
.
It is anerly in the hintmaist few hunder year that maist fowk haes been able tae write an tae read. Till than,
eddication
wis anerly for the walthy or feckfu, an acause ilka
beuk
haed tae be shapit by haund, thare war gey few beuks appen compeart tae the billions in the warld the day.
- ↑
"SCRIEVE, v.2, n.2 Also screeve, scrive, skrieve; skreef-."
.
Dictionar o the Scots Leid
.