I once bought a Burmese typewriter from SOAS on eBay. We have 36 beautiful letters so it was extraordinary-looking.
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there was no way it could be delivered as it was far too heavy so my husband went to pick it up from the university.
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he managed to heft it back to his office nearby but there it remained as it was to heavy to bring home and neither of us drove.
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then his office moved to another location and he left the typewriter on his desk for the next occupants. I'm still wistful
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Replying to @meemalee
Oh, wow. I’ve never seen a typewriter in Burmese. Did it look like the one in the attachment?pic.twitter.com/FT9i1E91Rs
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Replying to @mwichary
Much more old-fashioned like this one https://flic.kr/p/9rhCnT
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and the ones from my childhood were even lovelier with keys like this https://flic.kr/p/fvUGyD
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All the typewriters I've seen in real life were white script on black keys which are somehow much prettier than the reverse.
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Replying to @meemalee
Thanks!!! I also have a stupid follow-up question: where are the digits?
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Replying to @mwichary
Same as an English typewriter - the bottom figures on the first row of keys. You can just about see them on the earlier photos.pic.twitter.com/INfiQaXFu0
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Aaah, in my ignorance I assumed that the numerals would be Arabic. Thanks!!!
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