Re:Professor denounces mass AI fraud on an exam at Brown Uni...
by tpoacher on Monday June 29, 2026 @10:31AM
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> Writing in block letters was seen as a sign of illiteracy
How interesting. I've always thought the cyrillic block letters look beautiful, whereas the cursive variant not so much. I learnt some russian and I've never bothered writing cursive because of this perception. Odd to realise now that the average russian seeing my writing would be dismissive instead of impressed!
Re:Professor denounces mass AI fraud on an exam at Brown Uni...
by cyberax on Tuesday June 30, 2026 @01:12AM
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Cyrillic block letters are mostly the same as Latin letters :)
> Odd to realise now that the average russian seeing my writing would be dismissive instead of impressed!
There's a HUGE difference between learning Russian as a native and as a foreign language. Especially if you can write! Russian spelling rules are quite opaque.
People will absolutely be impressed by your writing.
What's really important is handwriting itself. Block letters are honestly fine.
Writing in a good cursive (like the Spencerian script) is a bit faster and much easier on your hands, as you don't have to lift the pen as often. But that matters only when you need to write pages and pages of text.
My native language is Russian, and in Russian schools cursive was mandatory. Writing in block letters was seen as a sign of illiteracy.
I started learning English as a foreign language, and we didn't bother with cursive. So I kept writing in block letters for quite a while. I then started learning German, and our teacher taught us German cursive handwriting. I'm now using it for English as well :)