This week, I decided to see what the last word beginning with Q was in my Oxford English Dictionary. With that in mind, my word for today is qwerty.
I might have guessed that this would be the last Q word in the dictionary, due to its lack of U after Q. The word denotes the standard layout on English language typewriters and keyboards; you’ll even see it on your smartphone ‘keyboard’. It is a delightfully easy word to type, given that the letters appear one after the other from the left.
I can remember my mum, who was an incredibly fast typist, referring to her qwerty keys. Later, as computers took over, she complained they were too slow because they couldn’t keep up with her!
I have a game called QwertyBarbara
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Good word.
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I remember trying to learn touch typing with the Mavis Beacon software – many moons ago!
That’s when I first heard the word ‘qwerty’. I still can’t touch type though.
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Ah, I know qwerty so well. I learned to touch type on a manual typewriter and I actually don’t know where the individual keys are unless I am typing it’s that instinctive!
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I expect you can type fast like my mum could?
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I can. Although my speed really increased when I used to take copy down from the House of Commons press gallery for a medical newspaper. You had to get it accurate and be quick as they called from a landline. At least I’d moved on to an electric typewriter by then.
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🤣🤣 thank you
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