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		comrade1234 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Untangling the myths and mysteries of Dvorak and Q... Yeah but with QWERTY you can type out the word 'typewriter' using only the top row of the keyboard; so if you're a typewriter salesman QWERTY is the way to go. (Been using Dvorak for 25 years now. Doesn't matter what the physical keyboard layout is - currently I'm using a Swiss layout)

Terretta 3 months ago | [–]

> Yeah but

This is in the article.

lagniappe 3 months ago | [–]

There are no more typewriter salesmen.

anon84873628 3 months ago | [–]

I believe this was a reference to one of the origin myths discussed in the article.

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