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On 6/11/2025 8:14 PM, cyclintom wrote:
> On Sat May 31 20:42:31 2025 Beej Jorgensen  wrote:
>> In article <ma12kgF4l8nU1@mid.individual.net>,
>> Roger Merriman  <roger@sarlet.com> wrote:
>>> Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> wrote:
>>>> - What are the first few letters on the bottom row of a QWERTY
>>>> keyboard?
>>>
>>> Despite being trained as touch typists that escaped me!
>>
>> I think being so-trained or well-practiced makes this a more
>> difficult question. I could get you the answer, but I'd have to imagine
>> typing every letter of the alphabet and keep track of which were on the
>> bottom row. :)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> More to the point WHY was a Querty keyboard designed in that manner? Hint - it is because it is designed to work in English.

Nope.

It was a workaround by Mr Soles in Milwaukee to slow down 
typists and thus prevent key jams:

https://www.theinventors.org/library/inventors/bltypewriter.htm
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Andrew Muzi
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