Re: OT: Handedness (was Re: Complex script editor wish list)

On Sun, 5 Oct 2003, Stone Gordonssen wrote:

> >You type with your right hand? What's that mean? What kind of typing?
>
> When I was in the upper grades (1970-1973) only girls were allowed to take
> typing, under the excuse that they needed to be able to do something until
> getting married (similar to why only girls were allowed to study piano). So,
> I taught myself how to type with neither lessons nor teacher. The effect is
> that my right hand does 90% of my typing at 45 WPM, my left hand managing
> <shift>s etc plus a few letters (e.g. QWASZ) on a QWERTY.
>
> Most trained typists laugh, but hey, it has served me fine, even in an IT
> career, for 30+ years. I can also type excusively with my right hand if need
> be but at only 30 WPM.
Oh. So used to touch-typing am I (having been forced to learn it in year 7
(1997), for which I am grateful) that I forgot there was another way :)
Your description sounds bloody painful, but if it works for you :)

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Tristan                  <kesuari@...>

Yesterday I was a dog. Today I'm a dog. Tomorrow I'll probably still
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