I wonder if they introduced two quotations marks because they got flak for stuff like this in S&G version 1. :·)pic.twitter.com/5WYtJy8qs6
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I wonder if they introduced two quotations marks because they got flak for stuff like this in S&G version 1. :·)pic.twitter.com/5WYtJy8qs6
For the record – solved here!!!https://twitter.com/porges/status/1115835440873996288 …
Maybe somebody not recognizing "£" and reading it as a crossed "r"?
It is British pounds on so many old typewriters, on the number 5. But I can’t imagine why the £ would be connected to the r. At one time the R and period were on the lower right on the same key. I wonder if there’s some link? (Good question!)
Gee, this is a stumper. A lowercase r followed by a period could be used to form abbreviations like "Mr.", "Dr.", or "Fr." (https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces180.html …) But why not just use a lowercase r and a period? My best guess is that the "r." printed as a superscript, but I really have no clue
oh, it actually says that in the book (Haven's complete manual) it's from; "In such abbreviations as Mr. or Dr., the small letter r and period can be made with one touch by using the fourth key from the left in first row."
Baffling. I'm only finding "1/2" and "%" used as Shift-5. Can't find any reference to "r." at all—never heard or seen of this. Hard time thinking that either "1/2" or "%" would be written for short as r.!
I have been looking for a photo of a typewriter from that era that would have two quotation marks and perhaps illuminate the other key, but I am failing, too.
Tom Hanks probably knows. (Not kidding)
Has anyone run this by Richard Polt?
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