Oh, there's a 'correct' way to draw an 'X' and it has completely divided the internet.

Your multiplication tables, a game of noughts and crosses and the popular prefix ‘ex’, all instances in which you would find yourself using the letter ‘x’.

But the way you write said ‘x’ is currently dividing the internet.

Twitter user/no-good troublemaker @Smasey shared a graphic asking people to come forward and identify which ‘stroke’ order they use to draw an ‘x’ and many options were presented.

Also this is so interesting to me – which way do you draw an X? Colored line being the first stroke pic.twitter.com/a0WTl8WT7P

— sixers smasey (@SMASEY) January 20, 2019

People then tweeted their answers, and it was clear there were very strong opinions about the correct method. Some argued a geographic correlation, with @Smasey noting that Americans most often picked 7 and 8, while UK respondents chose 5 and 6. Others said it came down to whether the person was left or right-handed.

Either way, harsh opinions were exchanged, with the sort of vitriol only an online argument can bring.

Here’s what they had to say:

General consensus is that Americans do 7 & 8 while UK does 5 & 6. Probably how we were taught. Not sure about other countries

— sixers smasey (@SMASEY) January 20, 2019

Exactly, any other way is madness. Whoever does 1 or 2 truly terrifies me, it’s like starting an S from the bottom!

— neko_AFC (@neko_AFC) January 20, 2019

8. Obviously. The rest of you are all deviant freaks.

— Helen Kennedy (@HelenKennedy) January 20, 2019

6 is the only way it makes most sense to join up pic.twitter.com/kAGIGhro3e

— teresa ???? (@tbvrton) January 21, 2019

5️⃣

Why would I finish opposite to where my pen needs to go next? https://t.co/FRFdAmnBYy

— Steve Curtis (@curtisteve) January 20, 2019

8.

People who draw bottom to top are also the ones that put their toilet paper on the holder the wrong way.

— Eddie (@NinjaJenssen) January 20, 2019

me realising there are other ways to draw an ‘x’ ????

— Shego (@LadyBellatrix) January 20, 2019

Some people also tried to come up with their non-linear options and no. Just no.

This is how you draw an X. pic.twitter.com/m1u61LBS1q

— Neorice University (@Neoriceisgood) January 20, 2019

Number 8 but the plot twist is that I mostly write my Xs like this: pic.twitter.com/Gk8dP2Tvq2

— Nightskin – Melanin in the creases of my palms (@MizzayTee) January 20, 2019

I do cursive, so I tend to do them in one stroke.???? tho, probably 7 if printing. pic.twitter.com/AnATTFe4R9

— —????????????????— (@Keroffin) January 20, 2019

The only correct way pic.twitter.com/ZPPv5jsv6E

— KAYCEEE | FC2019 (@zigstripes) January 20, 2019

However a quick survey of the Mamamia office, out of 22 people respondents, found…

• Option 7 proved to be the most popular choice, with 13 points.
• Options 8 trailed much further behind with 5 points, followed by option 6 with 3 points.
• Out of the other remaining options we had just one person pick 5 and that person has now been shunned from the premises.

How do you draw ‘x’? Tell us in a comment below and prepare to be judged.

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