Is cursive script an anachronism?

[Al B. Sure!]

I never took notes in cursive either in high school or college. I fail to see how cursive is any faster than print. Yeah you pick your pen/pencil up when you write print but I doubt that wasted time is greater than the wasted time on unnecessary little doodles on the ends of letters in cursive.

Matter fact, I compared writing and signing my name and I'm faster printing it (to say nothing of print being far more legible). If you actually write with some intensity (sounds funny), I am positive you can learn to haul ass while printing.

[Wezil]

You've conceded your experience with cursive is limited then argue because you can print faster than you write that this proves your point?

By that reasoning I can say typing is an incredibly slow method.

[Al B. Sure!]

Wezil:

But I sign my signature all the time. It's the one thing that I can do in cursive. I've actually signed my name far more than I've printed it since I've been out of school.

So I think a comparison between signing and printing my name is a legitimate comparison.

[Wezil]

Wow, a whole name? How often? Once or twice a day maybe?

I type all the time but I can still write (or print) faster. This doesn't mean typing is the slower communication method, it just means I have more experience and skill with writing.

[Al B. Sure!]

How often do I print my name, Wezil? Once or twice a year?

How often do I write on paper? I haven't written on paper since March. I know this for a fact because I don't have a pen or pencil in my house (I put things in the Notes function on my cellphone)

Oh wait excuse me I did write a paragraph statement the first week in May on paper. But that's it.

[Wezil]

So you have little experience with either but you happen to be able to print faster than you can write.

Not a very convincing argument.

My job requires that I take notes simultaneous with testimony. I use a combination print/cursive/shorthand as this is the fastest for me. I am sure others could type faster than my scrawl (I can't) if they had proper training and if electronic devices were allowed.

[Al B. Sure!]

Edit: all the cursive methods look the same to me. they only differ in the letter Q.

[Al B. Sure!]

I can haul ass when I print though. I already know this from college though I'm a bit out of practice since I've been out for so long.

Before March, I would have to print very quickly and take down verbal instructions (Frag orders to be exact and put them into a 5-paragraph order format). I could keep up with the fast diction of an order.

[Fake Boris]

How retarded can you be? This is like asking, is it outdated to make your own food.

[Al B. Sure!]

It's not? Who cooks now a days?

[Al B. Sure!]

If Asher doesn't do it, it's outdated.

Cursive... print... cooking... having sex with women...

[Fake Boris]

It's not? Who cooks now a days?

Dysfunctional people don't.

[Ben Kenobi]

Wow, I feel old.

This is why there is a great divide between folks my age, and those a bit younger.

I didn't learn to touch-type until I was 14.

I used to have terrible penmanship, but mine has gotten better over the years.

Cursive just looks far, far better then printing.

[Al B. Sure!]

I'm old too.. having a mid-mid-life crisis over here.

[Dauphin]

I use pen and paper everyday (necessary part of interviews, meetings, etc). Although I do get annoyed when my pen won't perform the macro I want it to.