> Instead of using two diagonal strokes, I draw two mirrored c’s, as my Russian penmanship teacher would suggest. The "mirrored c's" is a perfectly normal way

> Instead of using two diagonal strokes, I draw two mirrored c’s, as my Russian penmanship teacher would suggest. The "mirrored c's" is a perfectly normal way to write x longhand in English. At least that's how I was taught in England 65 years ago.