[bombcar]

It’s very likely that English cursive is insufficient to really write the English words - since English pretends to only have 26 letters but so many do double or more duty - sometimes distinguished by diphthongs or other mechanisms but often just assumed you’ll know which pronunciation is right.

I wonder if the Russian cursive slips in because it has sounds that are closer.

[ubermonkey]

"It’s very likely that English cursive is insufficient to really write the English words"

That is a very, very weird assertion.

In any case, the letters that would get swapped in were 1-for-1 replacements for the English ones, though, so I don't think that's the factor.

[e_quaint]

What fascinated me when learning both Russian and English cursive is that Russian cursive makes writing in Russian much much faster, whereas English cursive (the one taught in school) just slows you down and is absolutely counterintuitive.. Also, I am yet to meet a person who is not confused by the cursive English G..