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1a. Re: OT: Dvorak From: ROGER MILLS 1b. Re: OT: Dvorak From: Mark J. Reed 1c. Re: OT: Dvorak From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1d. Re: OT: Dvorak From: Mark J. Reed Messages ________________________________________________________________________ 1a. Re: OT: Dvorak Posted by: "ROGER MILLS" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:44 pm ((PDT)) Some have written: > >René Uittenbogaard writes: > > 2008/7/23 Tristan McLeay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> > >> Heh, well, I use the Dvorak layout, so it's not really an option for me > > > > Which makes me curious... How many people are there on this list that > > use Dvorak? I do. > I am curious: where does the name/term Dvorak come from? The famous composer (and if so, why?) or someone else???? Messages in this topic (6) ________________________________________________________________________ 1b. Re: OT: Dvorak Posted by: "Mark J. Reed" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed Jul 23, 2008 2:02 pm ((PDT)) On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 4:44 PM, ROGER MILLS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am curious: where does the name/term Dvorak come from? The famous composer > (and if so, why?) or someone else???? Someone else. Namely, the man who developed the eponymous keyboard arrangement, Dr. August Dvorak - an American. Note that his name and that of the keyboard is /'dvO`r\&k/, with a regular AmEng /r\/, not .. whatever the heck the CXS is for the Czech Šsound, or the Anglicized approximation /rZ/. -- Mark J. Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Messages in this topic (6) ________________________________________________________________________ 1c. Re: OT: Dvorak Posted by: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu Jul 24, 2008 4:47 am ((PDT)) > >René Uittenbogaard writes: > > > 2008/7/23 Tristan McLeay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >> > > >> Heh, well, I use the Dvorak layout, so it's not really > an option for me > > > > > > Which makes me curious... How many people are there on > this list that > > > use Dvorak? I do. I tried it about 25+ years ago. I'm in I.T. where I'm forced to use a lot of different computers so Dvorak isn't practical for me. I really don't type fast enough for it to be a major benefit anyway. Only about 35-40 WPM. Messages in this topic (6) ________________________________________________________________________ 1d. Re: OT: Dvorak Posted by: "Mark J. Reed" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu Jul 24, 2008 5:22 am ((PDT)) I'm in the same boat, except I type a tad faster than that on qwerty - 90+ wpm. I'm kinda surprised your typing speed isn't higher, given that you're in IT. Just keeping up with my work email is plenty of typing practice. :) On 7/24/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >René Uittenbogaard writes: >> > > 2008/7/23 Tristan McLeay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> > >> >> > >> Heh, well, I use the Dvorak layout, so it's not really >> an option for me >> > > >> > > Which makes me curious... How many people are there on >> this list that >> > > use Dvorak? I do. > > I tried it about 25+ years ago. I'm in I.T. where I'm forced to > use a lot of different computers so Dvorak isn't practical for > me. I really don't type fast enough for it to be a major > benefit anyway. Only about 35-40 WPM. > -- Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com Mark J. Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Messages in this topic (6) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/conlang/ <*> Your email settings: Digest Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/conlang/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------