New Categories of Typewriter Words

Authors

Susan Thorpe

Abstract

In the November 1999 Word Ways, Michael Keith introduced Misplaced-Hand words, in which one hand is in the wrong place on the keyboard. When both hands are offset, I call these Typewriter Shifts, defined by the direction (right or left) and the number of keys offset. For example, in a Left Shift PIMP - 5 = TEXT, and in a Right Shift REDS + 6 = POLK (OED).

Recommended Citation

Thorpe, Susan (2000) "New Categories of Typewriter Words," Word Ways: Vol. 33 : Iss. 1 , Article 22.
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol33/iss1/22