On Thursday 12 January 2006 13:26, Sasha Pachev wrote: > >tome instead of tomb--- > >I'd claim a stupid fat-fingered key-- but `e' and `b' are half way across > > the keyboard. > > Typos are an interesting subject. I found myself occasionally making very > interesting typos - typing part of the word phonetically as if it had been > said with a Russian accent. For example, replacing a "b" with a "p" in the > middle of a word, or spelling "cat" as "cet".
Typos get even more interesting when you know how to touchtype on two different keyboard layouts. I know Qwerty and Dvorak, and use them interchangably unless I try and switch layouts at the same computer. My brain has strongly associated each layout with the system I typically use it at, and it's hard to switch. But I still typo sometimes by typing as if I was on the other layout. -- Matthew Walker The Brain Garden, Inc [EMAIL PROTECTED] Work: (801) 655-1075 Home: (801) 491-2079 Page: (801) 283-9887 (Emergencies Only) Random Quote: <lisa> and whoever is putting enormous pressure on my temples, please stop.
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