Re: OT: Dvorak keyboard layout

On Monday 03 February 2003 02:17 am, you wrote:
> On 2003.02.02 06:54 And Rosta wrote:
> > How do you cope with the problem of moving between different physical
> > keyboards? Even alternating between different qwerty variants is very
> > very disruptive, and having to alternate between dvorak and qwerty
> > wd be catastrophic. But being always able to use dvorak wd be Good
>
> Typing English words using an Arabic keyboard layout can produce some
> interesting results. Since it's an abjad and not an alphabet, the words are
> at least pronounceable.
>
> For example, for "We the people of the United States, in order to form a
> more perfect union", I get "sath qaath hathkhahmath khab qaath 'aa hafthi
> safshafthasu haa khaqithaq fakh bakhfeh sh-takhqath hathqabthuf 'aa
> hakhaa".
Looks cool!  Any plans to conlang it?

Wesley Parish

>
> A Russian layout, on the other hand, isn't quite as pretty.
--
Mau e ki, "He aha te mea nui?"
You ask, "What is the most important thing?"
Maku e ki, "He tangata, he tangata, he tangata."
I reply, "It is people, it is people, it is people."

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