Re: OT: Path dependent keyboard

In article <1113364550.332154.208470@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
skearney@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> It has been said that the most common letters were taken off the home
> row of the first typewriter keyboard to slow down the typist and
> prevent jamming.

That's a claim that two things have been said. As far as I know,
the second is true.

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