For decades, cursive writing has been a standard -- if not always beloved -- classroom subject for children across the world. But as the use of computers spreads, come countries are beginning to drop cursive from their standard curriculum, saying children -- and future generations -- can live without it. RFE/RL talks to orthography experts about the slow death of the written word.
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