I learned cursive but I'm sure have forgotten how to write it, especially some of the capital letters. Thing is learning it now is really just for backwards compatibility. Yes, it's faster to write in cursive when writing by hand, but how often is that coming up these days, for most people?

[–] Catsrules@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yeah I am way out of practice in my cursive. I can still read it but it wouldn't come naturally. Cursive was pounded into my head at a young age. Teachers saying we would used it every day in our lives. That was probably true for them but it was certainly not true for me.

The only time I ever use cursive is signing my name. The only time I read cursive is a letter from my grandparents once they pass that would basically be the end of my cursive reading.

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

If I don't have access to a keyboard something has gone catastrophically wrong (I work in IT)

[–] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Not often I think, unless you read a lot of historical documents/letters. But even a lot of those are transcribed these days. So likely only people working with doctors (and even then, probably just specific medications). Outside of the data entry job, I don't think it's come up in my life outside of school.