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Blue_turnip wrote:If your language is so efficient, why do you overuse the letter 'z'(ie. in the word 'Americanised', which you would write as 'Americanized'). It's inconveniently located on the keyboard and fucks up running writing.
What? On a qwerty keyboard, the z is right next to the s. How the hell is it inconveniently placed. And I don't know anyone that uses the letter z in words that it doesn't belong. Maybe in the 90s... But certainly not now.

And anything is better than Windows Vista. By far the worst version of Windows in relation to time, ever.
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You must have a different keyboard to me, because on my qwerty keyboard I press the s with my left ring finger, and it's a home key, while I press Z with my left little finger and it's off a home key. Maybe you don't touch type? I could believe that.
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english kinda sucks. there are so many ways to spell different words that sound the same...

through
rough

bow (kind of knot)
bow (bending at the waist)

not
knot

waist
waste
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Jeremy wrote:You must have a different keyboard to me, because on my qwerty keyboard I press the s with my left ring finger, and it's a home key, while I press Z with my left little finger and it's off a home key. Maybe you don't touch type? I could believe that.
I mem type. I don't like to call it touch typing. I don't use my left pinky finger to hit the z button, like most people do. I use my left ring finger for it. I type too fast to call it touch typing. My hands don't rest on the keyboard, they actually hover over it by just under an inch.

The only person I know that can't mem type, lol, is my Dad, ha ha. But he can't even open up the web browser.

I only use two home keys when I occasionally misplace my hand. F and J. And it doesn't matter that the z isn't a home key. It's kiddy corner to the s, which means it's right next to it. And s is used a lot. So I guess I just don't understand how it's inconvenient to use the z key. Maybe you're too used to typing the way a typing program on a computer taught you to type? Because those don't work. You have to learn yourself and develop your own way of typing. Not being an ass here either.

But whatever... z button, inconvenient, sounds like a personal problem. Missing a joint in your ring finger?
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that is the smartest point in this thread :lol: .
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Blue_turnip wrote: If your language is so efficient, why do you overuse the letter 'z'(ie. in the word 'Americanised', which you would write as 'Americanized'). It's inconveniently located on the keyboard and fucks up running writing. :P

Oh and no, the syllables don't just 'go somewhere'. Maybe the energy i've spent on those two extra syllables in "8th of may" (or only one extra syllable in things such as 'ninth of may'), added up over the course of my life would equate to the energy required for you to pick up the TV remote and/or a burger sitting by your side. :P
Dude, we have so much extra time that we stylize words with zeds, while you are stuck using the less zestful ess. You may feel a great amount of shame to learn this.
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Switch Kicker wrote:I type too fast to call it touch typing.
lol banana.
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Jeremy wrote:
Switch Kicker wrote:I type too fast to call it touch typing.
lol banana.
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K. I don't know what you're saying... but w/e. Bananas are good, especially in shakes.
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To what degree 'z' is more difficult to type than 's' is irrelevent. YOu hit it so much, that the energy wasted doing it is much more than I waste on the rare occasion I mention a date.
Tsiangkun wrote: You need to face the fact that you are living in our past. We have already celebrated the day. We had the parties, cleaned up, shared the photos, and forgot about it. You are still waiting for the day to come.
noone cares about the moment when it's 234567. :P

You suck cos Australian's have beaten you to New years (and virtually every other celebration) 106 years running. What a winning streak. lol pwned.
switch kicker wrote: My hands don't rest on the keyboard, they actually hover over it by just under an inch.
you're telling me to go out and learn and develop my own style of typing (which i have. In fact, i never used a typing program), yet you're the one who forgot to take on board sound ergonomics. With your hands hovering over your keyboard as such you'll probably get Carpal tunnel syndrome. Correct your technique now, while there's still time! (not trying to be a dick either, i'm serious)
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I'm about to let you know what everyone else is to scared to say.

Zuh zuh zuh Zee Unit !
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Tsiangkun wrote:I'm about to let you know what everyone else is to scared to say.

Zuh zuh zuh Zee Unit !
That was random.
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