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Old 10-07-2017, 09:27 AM   #1
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sudden clarity moment

Kids today, who aren't taught cursive, often can't *read* things written in cursive.



That makes perfect sense, but it's something you never really think about. Today, a younger person often can't even read an older person's writing. There was a story today of one young person who learned cursive so that she could read her grandparents' love letters.
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Old 10-07-2017, 10:51 AM   #2
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another incompatible format...

Today's history major can't read the civil war letters I read. I guess I should have been translating?
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Old 10-07-2017, 10:52 AM   #3
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But they seem to pick it up in the streets or something because I hear them cursing all the time. What?... nevermind
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Old 10-07-2017, 01:06 PM   #4
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For some reason, this reminds me of BigV's story of the girl behind the counter at, I think it was a hardware store, who had never seen a hand-written check...
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Old 10-07-2017, 01:06 PM   #5
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But they seem to pick it up in the streets or something because I hear them cursing all the time. What?... nevermind
I see what you did there.
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