In the past, I have noted and posted that I am seemingly unable to type the word, morning, correctly. It happens just about each and every time, but of course, I got it in the first try in this sentence. Of course I did. My attempted morning may, sometimes, be so off that I might flummox online spellcheck which cannot think of what in tarnation this poor fellow is trying to type.
There are other keyboarding issues. For one thing, I often get two consecutive letters in the wrong order. The word, from, is a good example. It usually comes out as form. Of course, I got also that correct this time, just when I am trying to make a point. Muts instead of must is another example. There are many more, but I am sure that you get the point.
Another common typo comes in consecutive words. Too often I put the space in the wrong place — lik ethis. It can be frustrating.
In part, I blame my different keyboards. My current computer keyboard is not the standard PC layout: more like a hybrid Apple keyboard. Although I've been using it for almost two years, I still reach wrongly for those darn cursor keys. They are just off a little bit form (you see, I just did it again and not on purpose) the standard layout. I too often hit the down arrow when I want the left arrow and so on and so forth.
It doesn't help that my tablet keyboard is yet another creature entirely. So where does muscle and brain memory come into play?
I have thought of giving up this computer keyboard and purchasing a new standard Windows one, but that seems rather frivolous. This was supposed to be my ultimate keyboard because it even lights up. But then there is also that slightly off and provoking CAPLOCKS thing. Oops.
Although I like to blame the keyboard, there are brian (oops again, I mean brain) issues too. I just had to fix an already posted blog in which I called a plant, St Anne's Lace when it should have been Queen Anne's Lace. I had proofread that peice (piece) too. My only defence is that there is a reel called St Anne's. It's a fiddle classic.
Having just had an argument with the spell wizard, I continued to spell polkadot as one word. Why did they decide it should be two separate words? Silly billy. Yes to fingers typing what they weren't supposed to...and one person who writes a newsletter frequently has so many mispellings, I've stopped writing to correct him. I think he dictates his posts...and may not even know correct word use or spellings. Heavens, was he sick during all grammar classes? (Well, I know I missed out on a lot of ancient Greek history, due to some illness or another.) What's even funnier to consider is just letting the errors go and learning how to figure out what was intended!
ReplyDeleteOh yes, I am familiar with that sort of thing. It doesn't like linedance, for example, but I do. Or townhall sometimes.
DeleteThat's a wonderful tune. I like music lie this a lot! I have that typing inversion thing a lot. I think we just go too fast. AND/OR certain keys stick (or don't) and require extra pressure. (I was having trouble yesterday with the "r" on my laptop keyboard, which I only use in an emergency.) Yes, blame it on the keyboard!
ReplyDeleteIt is one of the most favoured tunes around here when fiddlers get together.
DeleteWhen I'm typing too fast, I often hit the wrong keys or leave out a letter that I think I've pressed. And I can't blame my keyboard since it's a typical Windows one. I have typed on a French one (in Senegal) and that was extremely tricky. The letters were in very different places.
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