Mr. Dictionary and I are OVER!

Funny, and today is sunny!

What are you cooking today my friend MARINA?? :?:

…back to killing weeds, for the feed of need :-)

:cry: Just like the funeral meal![[[gen.eral----fun.eral]]]]? :???: James was a brother of Jesus, but was he less or more…..gotta go :cool: :cool: “thee cook” 00

:-) I can the book with [onions]….”so what food?”

OH…I will not eat my words!!!

Lets just con them their [[ICON]]]] :lol:

In case people miss the reference: http://bit.ly/SXDTT

:mrgreen: :lol: :!:

Dear Marina,
Do you still use a typewriter? I used nmy SCM electric typewriter throughout my years at the University. I still find it easier to write letters and sahort articles on a typewriter than in a flat PC keyboard. Since you use the sound effect of a typewriter at the end of your recent videos, I wanted to ask if you still use a typewriter?
Seesixcm6

:shock: :twisted: :mrgreen: Never has so few stolen so much from so many and accomplished so little from it. :lol: from all the words :twisted:

Cook out with Hot Words

The Oxford Thesaurus is the State of the Art.
Other Thesauruses are Dinosauruses.

I actually write all of my emails with a typewriter and then have them optically scanned to be digitized! No.. I actually do not own a typewriter anymore, which is a shame as the feel of typing on a typewriter is so unique and great.. it gives you tactile feedback and the sound is awesome! Something that was lost with the advent of the computer.

On a side note, have you noticed how some of the earlier computer movies, like War Games for example, make the sound of a teletype when showing type appear across a CRT computer screen? I think even modern movies do that, but with a more electronic sound.. Funny how producers show their age by insisting on putting in that sound! I might make a post about that!

Funny, I like the cartoons. :-)

Like the Space Shuttle Taking Off and the sound that is played is that of a clunky car engine starting. Wonder what that kind of effect is call?

 
Hey, what better way to send tweets, than on a real typewriter.

I have a non-electric Smith Corona in perfect condition in its own travel case. I would be happy to donate it to the HotForWords museum. Imagine all of the fun you can have typying on the plane keeping others awake. It could even be a flotation device.

Let me know if you would like it.
Mine looks very similar to this one.

Funny toons. Thanks for the tip. Where are you right now, Marina? I can’t keep up!

You owned a typewriter? That’s so cool! My dad was a sports writer for the Yakima Herald Republic news paper. I remember a time when I was little that they used mechanical typewriters. My dad used to crank up the tactile feedback all the way to it’s max. It took me two hands to press one key. Also the keys were lined up in a stadium setting. Not like todays flat boards (which btw is bad for your wrists). The sound of the keys gave audio feedback of the key press, hence the need for computers having the sound bite when you pressed the keys. Reason? Well most of the time we were reading hand written notes and never looked at the paper as we typed. Even today I stare at the TV set as I type.

My dad had a very hard time switching to electric typewriters. They did have some adjustable feedback but not like the old clunkers. He alway used his old typewriter at home. He even had a LAPTOP typewriter. The thing was about the size of common laptop today but thicker. He gave it to me to learn to type on.

Then the day of computer terminals came out. He really hated that but he became really good at using them. I remember standing in the Main Frame room to keep cool in the hot summer day. It was cooler than a refrigerator. I do remember that he said that there was something lost of the tactile feedback of the old typewriters. His wrist became weaker. For example his wrist were so strong, we kids could hang on to his hands and he could lift us up with just rotating his wrists.

Do you know that the QWERTY keyboard layout was designed to slow us down when typing? There was a better layout that was easier to learn and also the world speed typing record was broken on. You know what that layout was called? My first computer I bought was called the Apple IIc. It had a button to switch from both layouts. It was kind of funny for you had to pop off all the keys to rearrange them in the new layout which took a butter knife and some time.

What ‘current’ movies do they still add that audio effect, Marina? None comes to mind.

Funny you bring up this talked about typewriters. I purchased my first computer in 1986 I think. Most people at that time were using electric typewriters or terminals connected to a mainframe computer. So when was the last time you used a typewriter Marina?

Wow my dads must have been elite. It was half the size of your’s pictured. More like this one but shallower. It had a lid that made the typewriter part of case. I used to think it was a spies typewriter. :smile:

Here is a photo of a similar typewriter my dad used at work and at home. These things were very pricey back in the day.

If you really do like the sound and feedback, you should get a Model M or a clone:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_M_keyboard

They still have that proper feedback, I do like the feedback, but the noice could annoy some people. :-)

You can buy “buckling spring key design”-keyboards new, you don’t need to go look for them on EBay.

If you want a used one, I still have mine, it works quiet well (it has a PS/2-connector).

Their are actually many layouts, but the best known alternative layout is Dvorak.

QWERTY was not really meant to slow us down, but to not have the many used keys in the middle, so that they would not jam when being used almost simultaneous.

Although I just checked Wikipedia and their it says, the real reason isn’t know.

:o Mr. Dictionary got dumped. Hey, did I ever tell you tell that joke about Hannibal Lecter…

Good answer. Dvorak was the keyboard I was referring to. The Apple IIc computer had a button on top that made the switch between the layouts.

Well that’s what I was trying to say in a simpler terms. Yes, it was to keep the keys from jamming by slowing us down or making it more difficult to type very fast. Still, my dad was able to jam them up all the time. The invention of the daisy wheel typewriter and IBM’s selectric ball head. Oh I make this animated impression of a IBM selectric typewriter that’s was very funny back in the day when people used them daily.

I don’t agree with your wiki assement that the reason is unknown. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QWERTY

“Sholes struggled for the next six years to perfect his invention, making many trial-and-error rearrangements of the original machine’s alphabetical key arrangement in an effort to reduce the frequency of typebar clashes. Eventually he arrived at a four-row, upper case keyboard approaching the modern QWERTY standard.”

Also: “In the QWERTY layout many more words can be spelled using only the left hand than the right hand. In fact, thousands of English words can be spelled using only the left hand, while only a couple of hundred words can be typed using only the right hand.” Most people are right handed. This also slows you down enough to reduce the clashes.

The editor of the paper I used to work for used to razz me (and my bad punmanship) by calling me Thesaurus rex. Those were the days. They wrote their stories on an IBM 8088.

:lol: typewriter vs computer

I was just thinking that maybe Mr. Thesaurus was available, right before I opened up that 1st cartoon. Stay together for the kids. :cool:

HI marina im new here!! =) LOVE YOU!! <3 :roll:

hey!! thanks Marina! you are an absolute babe for putting my comics up! – i’m really stoked that you like them and if you ever want more just let me know!!

thanks to anyone and everyone who leaves nice comments and follows me on twitter at @Tweet_toons

peace.

Tj

Good stuff, Amigo.

Gosh, Marina!
It’s exciting to know you did use a typewriter in the past! It must have been complex to type in the Cyrillic alphabet. I’d be unable to use a Russian typewriter.
At work, I used an IBM “Selectric” typewriter until 2004, The typewriter was faster for writing short letters and envelopes than using a PC, making printouts and mailing them.
Today, I use e-mail and other PC devices, but I still miss the good old “Seledtric.”
In the Army, I had some experience with the old teletype machines you may have seen in movies. They reqauired a precise, even typing rhythm to prevent type jams. Women soldiers were better at the teletype than men!
Seesixcm6

[Milk]…where are its roots….

Health and [milk]…give us a treat…beat the TreaT[milk] it :grin:

You are FIRED!!!

Hi wonderful Teacher,

I would like to suggest a word I think my teacher will enjoy. It is a word whose meaning is about words.The word is:

[neologism]

Hope you enjoyed your trip. What new words have you brought back for your studious students from your trip. Where you able to get them through customs at the airport.

Apple for sweet Teach!

:) ;-) :grin: :cool:

a feew speller errors may i have dention with you teacher. I must be discipline so I may learn.

Mickey Mouse at his lawyer’s office-

Lawyer: “Let me see Mickey if I got this right Mickey, You want to divorce Minnie because she’s crazy.

Mickey: “No I didn’t say she was crazy I said she is FUCKING GOOFY.”

Funny & creative, mondo funny :lol:
Keep up the good work Tj.

Please don’t forget QWERTY’S friend, that nice gentleman (or perhaps she’s a lady) [UIOP]! Candidate for a NERDword, maybe, Marina? You are great – thanks for all you do to expand our knowledge and give us sights of your beauty.

LOL..

(Reuters) reports: Oiop was formally charged for trying to push off ([ ] and \) keys from the top row of letter.

Qwerty denies seeing anything of the sort. He claims he was in an internet chat room that night. (; ‘ and Enter) keys said they heard disrupted noises late last night. Some speculate discrimination between the two groups as a cause of the violence on the keyboard.

Court date was set for next July. . It should prove to be an interesting case to say the least.

Ok that story was fun. Anyone want to build or rewrite it? Be my guest! :mrgreen:

Baxter and Royal Typewriter Baxter receives Royal Typewriter and discusses Naked Lunch.

Being disciplined for mistakes is a poor way to learn. Just correct your mistakes and move on. :grin:

I get how this guys last name can be funny, but why does HotForWords say this guy is her dad? http://imgur.com/0xzPQ.jpg And if he really is, what is her actual name? @iamjoking said that guy has the same name as HotForWords — why, and how does he know?

I took typing classes in high school on a Selectric. The where cool for switching fonts quickly. Just pop the tab on the ball and pull it out.

I remember my dad pulling stories off the teletype machines. Boy it was so noisy! They do have a rhythm. I can still hear them in my head. :shock:

ingenious invention that ball.
typerwriters are even used in classical music
performances

Just say his name out loud 10 times fast and I think you will get it. {Rusty Kuntz} :mrgreen: It’s obviously a joke that it is her dad. She showed a photo of her dad in a video lesson not to long ago.

Here it is in case you didn’t see it. Here is a picture of her dad during his split personality episodes. :twisted:

There was a comedian that did a similar joke but with his head.

Boston typewriter orchestra was interesting.

Thanks. Now that you mention it, I have a vague sense of there having been a lesson with reference to her dad, but I can’t recall it exactly. There wasn’t any link under the sentence: “Here it is in case you didn’t see it.”

To end, here’s Russia’s gift to the US, if case you happened to miss it when it was in the news (I found out about it a little while ago).

Yes there was. Did you see the photo? LOL! :mrgreen:

I guess Marina and I are just bombing on the jokes today. :roll:

Yes, I saw the photos … and my first thought was that he could not have been like that in the early 80s!

Very good, Captain Jack – I like it!
The story continues:

“A” felt very lonely as the only vowel on the row below these exalted characters. He showed solidarity with the [conglomeration] of vowels by visiting UIOP and expressed support for her predicament. “A” promised to garner further recriuts for the cause and to refute what he described as the “baseless allegations” against UIOP (“A”‘s detractors started a rumour that “A” was the real culprit). The Social Discussion Forum (acronym SDF) was soon on the case…

Please add, edit, continue etc.

Love it! GREAT job!

I actually do not own a typewriter anymore, which is a shame as the feel of typing on a typewriter is so unique and great.. it gives you tactile feedback and the sound is awesome!

Are you serious? When you mist a key and your finger got stuck between the keys, that really hurts.

ROTFLMSAO!!! Oh that’s too funny! :mrgreen: That happened to me when I typed on my dad’s typewriter. I skinned the top of my cuticle and I thought I was going to bleed to death. I think I was grounded for playing with it. :sad:

I actually had to learn typing on one of those old machines, the electric ones where not allowed because you could correct your errors and you where graded after the amount of errors. But lets put it this way, i have typed my share of bloody letters, i share your pain, and i never want to go back!

She’ll give you dentition if you’re not careful.

Thus spoke Thesaurus

[[Quote]]—test—“How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself.” – Anais Nin 1903-1977