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by kps
2798 days ago
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> This theory [jam avoidance] could be easily debunked for the simple reason that “er” is the fourth most common letter pairing in the English language Argh, no. E and R are separated by D, 4, and C. It would be nice if someone writing about typewriters actually looked at one. The bar-adjacent letter pairs, from most to least frequent¹, are MI BY CR NU HN XE HM AZ DC GB ZW VT FV SX. ¹ https://gist.github.com/lydell/c439049abac2c9226e53 |
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