tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post903288375120661336..comments2024-03-21T19:08:05.737-07:00Comments on Genealogy's Star: The Cursive Writing Issue -- A Genealogical ConundrumJames Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-53287843474906214492021-09-21T10:10:48.633-07:002021-09-21T10:10:48.633-07:00thank you for highlighting the absurdity of the hi...thank you for highlighting the absurdity of the historical documents argument sometimes cited in favor of cursive. it is quite ridiculous. the reality is that cursive is no more relevant then Latin.N. Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11336217024022167832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-41678321401841154372014-12-19T17:06:02.495-07:002014-12-19T17:06:02.495-07:00I am fluent in cursive and passing at reading the ...I am fluent in cursive and passing at reading the old script. For a few years in the 1920s there was a style of printing used at the courthouse here that defies sense. The entire alphabet is comprised of slanted lines that are not connected to each other. I was able to read it only because the names are familiar to me.Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13256855136448978468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-41414751897149116462014-12-19T09:43:10.120-07:002014-12-19T09:43:10.120-07:00I'm a retired language arts teacher and have w...I'm a retired language arts teacher and have watched cursive go by the wayside. I've come to the conclusion that all students need to be able to do is to sign their names in cursive. As for reading it, I think in the future, people will learn to read it as they need to, much the way that I struggle to read Old Gothic script now. Teachers and bosses all want typed input. Sad, but it is what it is.Linda Stufflebeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10652044674485948749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-20297533162834210642014-12-19T07:50:02.506-07:002014-12-19T07:50:02.506-07:00In October I had to get my picture taken for my re...In October I had to get my picture taken for my renewed drivers license. I asked the person did many people have trouble with the computer; her answer was the younger people have trouble writing their own names and their signature has to be written.Claudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02714440790407126206noreply@blogger.com