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 …
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Yes, Prof. Neil Kay in his paper mathematically analyzed the likelihood of TYPEWRITER in one row being an accident, and he believed that it almost certainly wasn’t.
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It is also true that Remington has had an immense and cunning sales force, and the success of QWERTY can be largely attributed to that.
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