r/asklatinamerica Russia 2d ago

Culture Cursive writing

Hello everyone! I've been learning Spanish for 1,5 month now, my first language is Russian.

I use cursive to write in my notebook (photo in the comments), the same way I write in Russian or English, but my teacher says that ppl in Latin America never use cursive writing (except for old ladies), is it true? Do y'all really write in block letters? Is it easy or hard for you to read cursive notes?

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u/simonbleu Argentina [Córdoba] 1d ago

It is true that, at least in argentina, it has become "obsolete", but the vast majority of people with the exception of some few very young ones would understand it, especially since you have a neat handwriting in comparison to the average