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raccoon

(32,402 posts) Wed May 17, 2017, 07:18 AM May 2017

Question about cursive writing (aka "real writing.") [View all]

I was thinking yesterday about people who don't know cursive. I wonder if a person who didn't know cursive, saw some cursive writing that was in a fairly good handwriting, could they figure out what it said? My guess is that they could. But since I'm a geezerette who learned cursive, I'm not sure.

Any teachers, young people, or all other categories of people had experience in this area?

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Question about cursive writing (aka "real writing.") [View all] raccoon May 2017 OP

'real writing' I remember we called it that and looked up to 'older' children who learned it! CurtEastPoint May 2017 #1

In My School RobinA May 2017 #11

There's a bit of cursive in advertisements. rickford66 May 2017 #2

My daughter can't read cursive janterry May 2017 #3

that depends I guess? Spider Jerusalem May 2017 #4

My favorite oddball is the capital "Q" CurtEastPoint May 2017 #32

Can you read medieval bastarde writing? Adrahil May 2017 #5

100% this obamanut2012 May 2017 #7

I Agree RobinA May 2017 #12

There is zero reason to learn cursive, unless it's as an art obamanut2012 May 2017 #6

I disagree - There are a couple reasons. Oneironaut May 2017 #15

Regarding historical documents -- nonsense. Orrex May 2017 #24

My OP didn't say young people should learn to write cursive. raccoon May 2017 #34

I yse cursive all the time. It is faster than printing. leftyladyfrommo May 2017 #8

I do too, Gregg shorthand, Diamond Jubilee edition. nt raccoon May 2017 #21

These days, anyone can have perfect handwriting. Buns_of_Fire May 2017 #9

It's considered 'Penmanship' not writing...one can 'write' a book and never pick angstlessk May 2017 #10

Correct, But RobinA May 2017 #13

If you had an iphone in a cemetary, why not just snap a quick pic of the interesting info? JoeStuckInOH May 2017 #30

It's harder than you might think to take a legible photo of a tombstone csziggy May 2017 #33

Cursive will go the way of the phone book. apcalc May 2017 #14

I saw a post on FB today treestar May 2017 #16

I'm an oldster and I haven't used or needed to use cursive in years. Javaman May 2017 #17

I learned it in school (class of 1998) crazycatlady May 2017 #18

Wow! So I can hide in the open what I want to say? Madam45for2923 May 2017 #19

Message deleted by DU the Administrators JimGinPA May 2017 #20

D'nealian is a hybrid of print/cursive...Taught it to ease Transition from print to cursive MedusaX May 2017 #22

I don't know about that... Baconator May 2017 #23

This looked familiar, you thought about this eight years ago LOL snooper2 May 2017 #25

You expect me to remember that? LOL. nt raccoon May 2017 #35

I maintain that cursive writing is adult, and that printing is puerile--exactly the order in which WinkyDink May 2017 #26

Yes mainstreetonce May 2017 #27

I don't know. However, I'm trying to remember the MineralMan May 2017 #28

Message deleted by DU the Administrators aikoaiko May 2017 #29

I am interested in genealogy and if I didn't know cursive it would be even more difficult trying to seaglass May 2017 #31