cursive

Reader's Digest ９月号の 'Quick Crossword' の説明文を引用します。

It's back-to-school season, but not for these subjects and topics, once-standard offerings that are now largely absent from public school curricula:

CIVICS
SEWING
LOGIC
TYPING
GEOGRAPHY
SHOP
LATIN
LIBRARY
COOKING
CURSIVE

LATINが無くなるのは分かりますが、GEOGRAPHYが無くなるとは理解できません。　不思議です。　さて、 "CURSIVE" とはどんな学科でしょうか？

・Oxford English Dictionary: (of handwriting) with the letters joined together
・Collins Dictionary: (adjective) of or relating to handwriting in which letters are formed and joined in a rapid flowing style; (noun) a cursive letter or printing type; a manuscript written in cursive letters:
・Cambridge English Dictionary: Cursive writing is written with rounded letters that are joined together.: The inscriptions are short and written in cursive handwritings.

なるほど、筆記体ですか。　PCの普及で手書き文がなくなって来た証ですね。　日本語でも筆記体、特に昔の人の書いた文字はさっぱりですね。