I would agree with that, that it can be faster. That makes sense.
I have never been able to develop a cursive handwriting past what I was taught in elementary school back in the early Sixties. I just couldn’t get the hang of it.
I admire people who can do it, and I enjoy looking at a document written cursively in a nice hand with no mistakes. I find that impressive.
When I was in the military (68-76), there was no email or internet. The only printed communications I had for work were teletype machines as part of my job. So, most of my personal communications were via cursive letter. I guess that’s where I got my post high school practice.
I always wondered why they just didn’t teach shorthand instead of a slightly different and slightly faster version of the same language.
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