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| chucknorrisman Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5448 days ago 321 posts - 435 votes  Speaks: Korean*, English, Spanish Studies: Russian, Mandarin, Lithuanian, French | Message 1 of 22 10 October 2010 at 7:43pm | IP Logged | ||
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You know how when Russians handwrite their language, they usually only write the Cyrillic in cursive? I've heard that Russians are the only people who do that with the Cyrillic script. Is this true? Would the speakers of other languages that use Cyrillic, such as Bulgarian, Serbian, Kazakh, Chechen, etc, use cursive in their handwritings as well?
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| Danac Diglot Senior Member Denmark Joined 5348 days ago 162 posts - 257 votes Speaks: Danish*, English Studies: German, Serbo-Croatian, French, Russian, Esperanto | Message 2 of 22 10 October 2010 at 9:48pm | IP Logged | ||
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Regarding handwriting and Serbian Cyrillic, there are two options: writing letters that
are a lot like the normal, printed letters, or writing more cursive-like. I actually exchanged some experiences with students of Russian, and the Cyrillic handwriting in both languages (Serbian and Russian) looked very similar. (the same kind of cursive-like system) Besides, there's also a cursive version of printed letters. From what I've seen on Russian books, they use a similar system. Edited by Danac on 10 October 2010 at 9:49pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| argentum Bilingual Triglot Newbie United States Joined 5201 days ago 15 posts - 22 votes Speaks: Russian*, Ukrainian*, English Studies: Italian | Message 3 of 22 10 October 2010 at 11:02pm | IP Logged | ||
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Cursive handwriting (пропись) is a de-facto handwriting standard in Russia. It is (or at least used to be) taught in all
Russian public schools starting from first grade. For the majority of Russian population, it is a quickest way to write something by hand. Edited by argentum on 10 October 2010 at 11:03pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Aineko Triglot Senior Member New Zealand Joined 5448 days ago 238 posts - 442 votes Speaks: Serbian*, EnglishC2, Spanish Studies: Russian, Arabic (Written), Mandarin | Message 4 of 22 11 October 2010 at 1:29am | IP Logged | ||
well, at least for Serbs in Serbia, yes, everyone writes in cursive. That's a school standard. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| tracker465 Senior Member United States Joined 5352 days ago 355 posts - 496 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish, Dutch | Message 5 of 22 11 October 2010 at 1:50am | IP Logged | ||
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When I was learning Bulgarian, my teacher (a student at a nearby university) told me that it would be understood if I wrote Bulgarian in print, but that in reality, most people used cursive when writing. She did this as well
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| Lucas Pentaglot Groupie Switzerland Joined 5167 days ago 85 posts - 130 votes Speaks: French*, English, German, Italian, Russian Studies: Mandarin | Message 6 of 22 11 October 2010 at 6:56am | IP Logged | ||
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Everybody writes in cursive of course.
But the real mystery is with western europeans: - Why most people write in print when transcribing latin alphabet? - Why do they abandon cursive writing when they are teenager? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| canada38 Tetraglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5495 days ago 304 posts - 417 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, Spanish, French Studies: Portuguese, Japanese | Message 7 of 22 11 October 2010 at 4:10pm | IP Logged | ||
This is very true for Canada as well. I'm not sure of the reason though. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Lucas Pentaglot Groupie Switzerland Joined 5167 days ago 85 posts - 130 votes Speaks: French*, English, German, Italian, Russian Studies: Mandarin | Message 8 of 22 12 October 2010 at 8:30pm | IP Logged | ||
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It's just a stupid bandwagon-effect...people think it's cool, fashionable.
By the way did you notice that ALL the girls abandonded cursive? How many time I've been told "how cute is that...you're writing like a school-boy!" It makes me think of an another reason for this phenomenon: cursive writing is a sign that you're grown up and you don't need to write the way you've learned at school any more. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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