{"id":3144,"date":"2020-02-07T17:56:03","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T17:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kinneybrothers.com\/blog\/?p=3144"},"modified":"2024-04-20T21:08:10","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T21:08:10","slug":"fun-facts-43-typewriter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kinneybrothers.com\/blog\/blog\/2020\/02\/07\/fun-facts-43-typewriter\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun Facts About English #43 – Typing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I learned to type in 7th grade. I was one of only a few boys in the class as it was still considered a girl’s elective in 1972. I loved the class, was secretly in love with the teacher, and still consider it one of the most useful classes I took in middle school.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Typing<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

There was just one problem. For months, I became obsessed with the keyboard in my brain. Every thought had to be typed out. I would become preoccupied with words I could type with my right or left hand, or only using one row of keys. I was like a kid who practices slow-motion baseball pitches in the supermarket except nobody could see me tapping away in my h-e-a-d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This post is a raw look at my brain on typing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As stated above, TYPEWRITER can be typed using only the top row of keys on a QWERTY keyboard. Other common and less common ten-letter words are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n