@enf @glennf What do you think this “r.” is? (Also, note two quotation marks!)pic.twitter.com/rZVuAwFAJk
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Either that, or all these places that show an "r" are independently the results of a draftsperson or typesetter trying to reproduce what they received in sloppy manuscript form, with little opportunity for proofreading afterward. I bet none of these manuscripts were typed.
This would make perfect sense in that it only occurs a few times, and it was totally unfamiliar to you. If it were common or standard in the slightest, it should be easy to find other layouts with that “key.”
The only way I’ll be happy now is if NCIS has a missing person’s case in SF and they consult with a keyboard researcher who finds a photo from his trip to Tibet that shows an obscure 1899 typewriter plays a part in the reason there’s an odd abbreviation in the ransom note.
I was considering suggesting this for different reasons, because "r" could mean "rate" if they didn't have a percent sign handy. And one of your sources was pencil-corrected to the "right" version (if only we could tell when that was written). Also, the / key in one says "I".
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