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Re: R.I.P., West Oakland Tower - NEVER CALLED THAT!
Author: Edward
Date: 07-11-2017 - 16:14
*Really* off topic... but connected. From Wikipedia:
"The letters on type-casting machine keyboards (such as Linotype and Intertype) were arranged by letter frequency, so e-t-a-o-i-n s-h-r-d-l-u were the lowercase keys in the first two vertical columns on the left side of the keyboard. When operators made a mistake in composing, they would often finish the line by running a finger down the first two columns of the keyboard and then start over. Occasionally the faulty line of hot-metal type would be overlooked and printed erroneously."
You used to see it on tee shirts and such but Linotypes are long gone now. Here is an example from the Ottawa Herald (Ottawa, Kansas) from 1962:
"Frankly, you old tightwad, I ght tiwould bthou ecaettwsileat thought it would be at least twice etoanishrdlu cmfwyp hrdlu mfwyp as big."
"The letters on type-casting machine keyboards (such as Linotype and Intertype) were arranged by letter frequency, so e-t-a-o-i-n s-h-r-d-l-u were the lowercase keys in the first two vertical columns on the left side of the keyboard. When operators made a mistake in composing, they would often finish the line by running a finger down the first two columns of the keyboard and then start over. Occasionally the faulty line of hot-metal type would be overlooked and printed erroneously."
You used to see it on tee shirts and such but Linotypes are long gone now. Here is an example from the Ottawa Herald (Ottawa, Kansas) from 1962:
"Frankly, you old tightwad, I ght tiwould bthou ecaettwsileat thought it would be at least twice etoanishrdlu cmfwyp hrdlu mfwyp as big."
