Re: CHAT: YAC: or more exactly: yet another conlang sketch

Irina Rempt wrote, quoting Roger Mills:

> > Au contraire. "ij" is fairly common, so it saves a key stroke.
>
> But it makes you have to type it with the weak little finger instead
> of the strong middle and index fingers, so it doesn't save on speed.
Given that print was monospaced back then, it's hardly surprising that
typewriter manufacturers should place two commonly successive 'skinny'
letters on the same key. It might even be surprising if they didn't.

BTW, people often cite the Dutch keyboard layout as evidence that 'ij'
is considered a single letter. Whatever the case, keyboard layouts are
_not in themselves_ evidence, being influenced more by pragmatic factors
like convenience and appearance. It's somewhat dodgy thinking to suppose
that they are.

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