When I heard @BrianRoemmele explain this theory on a recent podcast it blew my mind.
Why QWERTY? So typewriter salesmen could type T-Y-P-E-W-R-I-T-E-R impressively fast in front of prospective buyers to sell more typewriters!!https://twitter.com/BrianRoemmele/status/1167061733124362240 …
Jordan, thank you! Indeed it was all thought to be based on technical lockup of key strikers. This is profoundly incorrect with the study of Bigram Frequency usage of ER and RE. I also got the smoking gun data on free touch-typing courses for the YWCA. https://qr.ae/TW8Np4
10:42 AM - 29 Aug 2019
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