If you speak a language other than English, what would you call “touch typing” and “hunt and peck” (two-finger typing)?
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Replying to @mwichary
“hunt and peck” is called “pekfingervalsen” in Swedish which roughly translates to “the index finger waltz”.
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Replying to @kihlstrom @mwichary
Is "pekfinger" literally just "poke-finger"?
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I suppose that's not any more arbitrary than English's "ring finger".
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Replying to @XaiaX @kihlstrom
All the fingers have many fascinating names, e.g. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wikisaurus:index_finger …
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Replying to @mwichary @kihlstrom
I was all about "insignitor" until I saw "LICKPOT".
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