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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes absolutely. It’s great for the brain, and now kids can’t even read old letters. There’s a whole subreddit on having people translate old cursive letters/documents because young people can’t read them. [/quote] I teach history. Any old letters/documents that kids (actual school children) read have been transcribed. What you describe from Reddit is nothing new. I used to work for my state’s historical society and did that for a living. I dealt with many newly donated letters and other handwritten documents from prominent individuals and local families. Despite learning cursive in Catholic school, there were letters that I really struggled to decipher because there’s always variations and idiosyncrasies in an individual’s handwriting. Sometimes you guess a word based on context and a bit of research. [/quote]
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