The Underappreciated Keyboard
Seraphic Single, who is about to make a blog move now that she is single no more, posted some trivia about the letters worn off her computer keyboard. My list is fairly similar to hers as to affected letters, although not quite to the same degree:
That's what two and a half years of grad school and nearly a year and a half of blogging will do to a laptop, I guess.
Which ones, if any, are missing from yours?
- Completely worn off: N, unless you count a tiny sliver. It's also the only one with scratches, almost like a swipe of tiny kitten claws. I'm not sure what happened there.
- Half worn off: H
- Partially worn off: E, O, D, B, and M.
- Slightly nicked: U and F
That's what two and a half years of grad school and nearly a year and a half of blogging will do to a laptop, I guess.
Which ones, if any, are missing from yours?
Comments
My spacebar is shiny where my thumbs sit. And the whole thing is embarrassingly filthy, so there is that.
Okay.
Completely worn off:
A,S,D,F,E,C,V,B,N,M
Partially worn off:
G,K,L
Why does N get worn off??
Maggie--I'm guessing letter usage frequency for the N, but why isn't T, H, or E worn the same way? My keyboard's space bar is very shiny in spots, too, especially on the right side. Do I always space with my right thumb? Maybe more often than with the left? Never thought about that before.
Tracey--That many letters worn!? You must be some sort of mega-typist! How many wpm? And must we ask Pat and Vanna about the letter N?
Just a guess, anyway. Considering the typing I do, I'm surprised my keyboards don't show more wear. My E and A are a little scuffed, and my C for who knows why. And, like you Kate, my spacebar is only shiny under the right thumb. Could that be a right-handed/left-handed thing, where I'm only using my dominant hand to space? It actually feels WIERD to hit the thing with my left thumb. It slows me down incredibly, I have to think about what I'm doing after every word.
I think 'Fly and Tracey have the C worn off because they type Cullen's name so much. :)
Half worn off: H, K
Dave--are you a hunt-and-peck kind of typist? And do your index fingers still have fingerprints? ;)