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I Hate Our Alphabet
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Apr 10, 2008 01:20PM
I'm going to assume someone gives a rip and will put up a topic...mmmm?
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They are in order of most commonly used letters = closest to fingertips.
But there's a SONG...You'd screw up the SONG!
And, everyone would get out of their DUIs, because no one would be able to do the ABC thing right, they'd be all out of order! Well, except the ones that go A-B-C-B-B-C-D...if you use the same one twice, you're OUT!
And, everyone would get out of their DUIs, because no one would be able to do the ABC thing right, they'd be all out of order! Well, except the ones that go A-B-C-B-B-C-D...if you use the same one twice, you're OUT!
Actually, the keyboard is arranged to slow down typists, because back when typewriters were new, if you typed too fast, the keys got jammed.Yes, I am a dreadful conversationalist.
Oh, I thought you meant re-ordering the letters in the actual alphabet, not on the keyboard. (SIS...it's a KEYBOARD...) You can't move em now, I learned how to use em and they need to stay where they're at! I don't have time to do it all over again. If you don't like where ours are, go over to the UK, there are a couple moved around...enough to confuse and irritate...
There's a keyboard with a simplified layout that you can read more about here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvorak_S...
Is that really you with the dead cow parts? I didn't realize you were a boy...
I like my letters just fine where they are, I don't see the problem here!
I like my letters just fine where they are, I don't see the problem here!
Jackie, how is that simplified? If they're going to put all of the vowels together, the least they could do would be to put them in A-E-I-O-U order! That looks more fucked up than what we have now!!
So, really, it's your own ineptitude at typing that you hate. Not the alphabet.
Jackie, you shouldn't hit your kids in the head with golf clubs like that...you could get fired!
I believe they are in order of frequency, so that the most often used letters are directly under your fingers, instead of above or below.The gloves used to be my mom's. They are great for a variety of Halloween and library programming needs. I've used them while doing puppet shows, too, to disguise my arms against a white backdrop.
I didn't get fired, but they did bump me upstairs, away from the kids.Hmm, although I still get to do teen programming. What does THAT mean? It's okay to whack teens with golf clubs, just not the younger kids?
Ooh, I hate it when people choose screen names they believe to be clever and misuse the word "your."
Teens need to be hit, it is a MUST...mouthy little bastards! A nice three wood aught to do the trick Jackie!
Sarah, like...
SIS, you're still SIS!
SIS, you're still SIS!
SIS, the word itself, or when someone says something that actually is clever?
I think the thread Nazi DMD was talking about your/you're. She is picky like that. }:-D
If you want to screw with DCS, don't use caps or punctuation and abreviate everything you know how to...like text mesage talk...it makes her nuts!
*Giggles to self...even though she knows Sarah is going to rip her a new one in a minute.*
*Giggles to self...even though she knows Sarah is going to rip her a new one in a minute.*
Isn't there an alternative to "qwerty" that is supposedly faster? I seem to remember reading about it somewhere once. Now that we have computers that can handle the speed instead of typewriters, are we just locked in to inefficiency by tradition?
Yes, the Dvorak keyboard. There's a link to a Wikipedia article about it back on comment 9.
DCS?Nick, you have no idea how often I restrain myself reading your posts. Lord, boy, your spelling is atrocious.
*blows kisses*
I think I'm to new to qualify. But I did write a new "Spring" poem off the cuff. And I was at least hoping for a little feed back. You know, like it, love it, hate it, fix it, you really should never pick up a pen and paper again and these are the reasons why. The usual kind of comments. :-)
I know it. I really am pretty smart, but my grammar and spelling ranks up there with jerry’s kids.
if u get a pencil u can rearrange the keys urself...
Juliette, I love this poetry stuff, just going through a really busy time right now. Hard to concentrate on writing a decent poem. I'm enjoying everyone else's! Luckily, I'm always able to concentrate on reading, everything else may fall by the wayside but...CC
Maybe "u" can even find the y and the o.
Wow, maybe "you" can find the "r" and the "e" and the "l" and the "a" and the "x"!
I have a writer's block right now... forgive me. haha
I thought you were the Queen Mother and commanded one of your subjects to post a topic. No? :) ANARCHY?!?!?!? CHAOS?!!?!?? YIPPEEEEE!!!!!!
So what are you trying to say, Colleen? That you actually have a life?????? Oh. Do you think you could send me instructions? I seem to be floundering a bit here...(flounder, flounder...)
Well, Little Miss Eyeball, you'd better just tell that lil ol' writer's block where it can go and git writin'!
Benjamin Franklin was a colonial hipster.
damn... I thought you were going to say something really original and clever about hating the actual alphabet. You're just another hunt and peck whiner! Take a typing class, ya hoser!Now come on... somebody hate on the actual alphabet. That would be funny.
I hate alphabet soup. It's weirdly sweet, and the letters are kind of slimy. Does that count?
Sarah, DCS...that's you! Run DMC, DVD, any sort of other three D's I can think of...just to screw with you since I can't call you Newt now!
Weren't Alphabits basically Lucky Charms without the marshmallows? Wait, so Sarah is Fig now?
I think DIY is calling ME Fig...cause it's poo paste.
Alphabits were Lucky Charms without the minimallows. Which means they were POINTLESS! Hello, the marshmallows were the only good part of Lucky Charms! My mom wouldn't even buy them because I would pick the mallows out and then refuse to eat the rubbishy, soggy, bland, kibble that was left...hehe.
Alphabits were Lucky Charms without the minimallows. Which means they were POINTLESS! Hello, the marshmallows were the only good part of Lucky Charms! My mom wouldn't even buy them because I would pick the mallows out and then refuse to eat the rubbishy, soggy, bland, kibble that was left...hehe.
Yeah, any time someone mentions "Newt" they're gonna be responded with a wormy, whipped poo, "Fig."
I like Lucky Charms, but now I only eat boring cereal, suitable for mature adults like me.Clackamas, you must have to be extra careful on the cereal aisle, with the Chex and the Quaker Oat Squares. Oh, but I guess the cookie/cracker aisle is worse...
Me too Jackie...only cereal suitable for mature adults...I had fruity pebbles for dinner last night! :)
Sarah, DOB, really, you're not going to look at my link in message 46? You are so NOT FUN today!
Sarah, DOB, really, you're not going to look at my link in message 46? You are so NOT FUN today!
If I looked at it from work would I get in trouble?
I looked, Fig. But I'm not scaly or leathery and I'm warm-blooded, and I don't usually match my surroundings.
Nick, only if you boss has a policy against reptiles.
Newts are cool...
MoTAMbo, she's going to call you a "fig" now! Duck!!!
MoTAMbo, she's going to call you a "fig" now! Duck!!!
No, Sarah's never used a funky nickname for me, at least, not to my face. So she doesn't get the whipped poo thrown at her.
You said anyone that said the word "Newt", ahem...message 52 clearly stated the word "Newt", DNL...
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