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I guess it’s the same sort of thing as why China had the printing press way before Europe. But never got into the use of metal elementsThe development of written languages to get around what letters their typists had received is amazing.
Naively it does seem bizarre that the moveable type printing press was invented by a civilisation with a non-alphabetic ideographic language that wouldn't have the same eureka factor as being able to move a small number of letters around.I guess it’s the same sort of thing as why China had the printing press way before Europe. But never got into the use of metal elements
Might deserve an article in itself, though it sounds like other are better qualified to write it.The development of written languages to get around what letters their typists had received is amazing.
I think it was @Stateless who wrote about the 'shut down' typo incident that inspired me to write this one, but it may have been @Skinny87 and this isn't a bit, I actually can't remember which.
Why is "u" so close to "i" on the keyboard that it can easily be misstyped when in a hurry?
Because when typing "shutdown process" repeatedly in official MoD documents that you're authoring, misstyping can be a touch embarrassing.
Naively it does seem bizarre that the moveable type printing press was invented by a civilisation with a non-alphabetic ideographic language that wouldn't have the same eureka factor as being able to move a small number of letters around.
In that case thanks to @AndyC for inspiring this article (and to you for finding the quote).I didn't think it was me or the other me, and I was right: