This is like finding out people used to have a third eye
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Aaargh, I can’t figure it out! I bet it’s probably something very simple.
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Maybe someone like
@bgzimmer would know. Ben? Did “r.” used to mean something?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @ironicsans @mwichary and
I assume (as
@davidad suggested elsethread) that it would be for forming the titles "Mr." and "Dr." I'd imagine it would appear superscripted, which you couldn't get from just typing "r." regularly.1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes -
Ah, I missed
@davidad’s reply. That feels like the right answer. It seems so obvious in hindsight.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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Feels very bizarre to have that as a key for that purpose, because it doesn’t save enough effort. But that never stopped typewriter companies looking for an edge.
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Replying to @GlennF @ironicsans and
To confuse matters even more, here is a source that shows both £ and "r." as available characters, which probably disproves my £ theory. https://books.google.com/books?id=m4QNAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA279&dq=remington+%22lower+case%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi2va-sg8HhAhVjFTQIHcZHBo44ChDoAQgyMAI#v=onepage&q=remington%20%22lower%20case%22&f=false …pic.twitter.com/OpcUVC472N
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Oooh.
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Definitely need to see if you can find some typewritten correspondence from the period—maybe etched reproductions in a book of typewritten letters?—to see if the superscript r is there?
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Thanks!!! That’s interesting.
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