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From: Suzanne S. Barnhill on 3 Apr 2010 19:31 I would have no idea which thumb I use for spacing; apparently it's the right, but I would have assumed you use whichever is handiest at the time, same as for shifting. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "bj" <bjones44(a)bellatlantic.net> wrote in message news:O$WkuZ30KHA.364(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > When I was first taught to *type* the teacher was most insistant about > 2-spaces & even got cranky because I used my *left* thumb to press the > spacebar (I still do, more than 50 years later). > > My early *hand*-writing school years were in several different > states/countries/languages; no telling what I was told. > bj > > "CyberTaz" <onlygeneraltaz1(a)com.cast.net> wrote in message > news:C7DCF52B.5D2FA%onlygeneraltaz1(a)com.cast.net... >> Hi Stephen; >> >> One more voice to the choir after having watched this conversation... >> Whenever it arises :-) I'm always tempted to ask one fundamental >> question; >> >> If you think back to when you first were taught to print sentences, did >> your >> teacher instruct you to put "2 spaces" between sentences or was the >> instruction to leave "space" between sentences? >> >> Regards |:>) >> Bob Jones >> [MVP] Office:Mac >> > > >
From: LVTravel on 4 Apr 2010 00:12 "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill(a)mvps.org> wrote in message news:Ow8NDY40KHA.5004(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > I would have no idea which thumb I use for spacing; apparently it's the > right, but I would have assumed you use whichever is handiest at the time, > same as for shifting. > > -- > Suzanne S. Barnhill > Microsoft MVP (Word) > Words into Type > Fairhope, Alabama USA > http://word.mvps.org > > "bj" <bjones44(a)bellatlantic.net> wrote in message > news:O$WkuZ30KHA.364(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> When I was first taught to *type* the teacher was most insistant about >> 2-spaces & even got cranky because I used my *left* thumb to press the >> spacebar (I still do, more than 50 years later). >> >> My early *hand*-writing school years were in several different >> states/countries/languages; no telling what I was told. >> bj >> >> "CyberTaz" <onlygeneraltaz1(a)com.cast.net> wrote in message >> news:C7DCF52B.5D2FA%onlygeneraltaz1(a)com.cast.net... >>> Hi Stephen; >>> >>> One more voice to the choir after having watched this conversation... >>> Whenever it arises :-) I'm always tempted to ask one fundamental >>> question; >>> >>> If you think back to when you first were taught to print sentences, did >>> your >>> teacher instruct you to put "2 spaces" between sentences or was the >>> instruction to leave "space" between sentences? >>> >>> Regards |:>) >>> Bob Jones >>> [MVP] Office:Mac >>> >> >> >> > Actually in typewriter days it was always the right thumb, even for southpaws that were trained as touch typists. And yes, my typing teacher, Miss Becky Moore, would really get on your case if you used anything other than your right thumb.
From: Suzanne S. Barnhill on 4 Apr 2010 09:58 I guess my typing teacher taught me well, then, even if I still can't type on the top row without looking. It's a funny thing about that, actually: I *can* type many characters on the top row without looking, but if something hides the top row (as when I'm copying from a book that sticks out over the edge of the desk and shades the top row of the keyboard (which is on a lower keyboard tray), then I will inevitably miss when I go for a hyphen or parenthesis. It's bound to be purely psychological, since I can hit them unerringly without looking otherwise. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "LVTravel" <noone(a)none.com> wrote in message news:OEl0H060KHA.5996(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > > > "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill(a)mvps.org> wrote in message > news:Ow8NDY40KHA.5004(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> I would have no idea which thumb I use for spacing; apparently it's the >> right, but I would have assumed you use whichever is handiest at the >> time, same as for shifting. >> >> -- >> Suzanne S. Barnhill >> Microsoft MVP (Word) >> Words into Type >> Fairhope, Alabama USA >> http://word.mvps.org >> >> "bj" <bjones44(a)bellatlantic.net> wrote in message >> news:O$WkuZ30KHA.364(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >>> When I was first taught to *type* the teacher was most insistant about >>> 2-spaces & even got cranky because I used my *left* thumb to press the >>> spacebar (I still do, more than 50 years later). >>> >>> My early *hand*-writing school years were in several different >>> states/countries/languages; no telling what I was told. >>> bj >>> >>> "CyberTaz" <onlygeneraltaz1(a)com.cast.net> wrote in message >>> news:C7DCF52B.5D2FA%onlygeneraltaz1(a)com.cast.net... >>>> Hi Stephen; >>>> >>>> One more voice to the choir after having watched this conversation... >>>> Whenever it arises :-) I'm always tempted to ask one fundamental >>>> question; >>>> >>>> If you think back to when you first were taught to print sentences, did >>>> your >>>> teacher instruct you to put "2 spaces" between sentences or was the >>>> instruction to leave "space" between sentences? >>>> >>>> Regards |:>) >>>> Bob Jones >>>> [MVP] Office:Mac >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> > > Actually in typewriter days it was always the right thumb, even for > southpaws that were trained as touch typists. And yes, my typing teacher, > Miss Becky Moore, would really get on your case if you used anything other > than your right thumb. >
From: CyberTaz on 4 Apr 2010 10:56 Exactly the point... It wasn't until the introduction of the typewriter that the concept of "a" space took on any finite dimension. The objective of "space between sentences" is for the purpose of visual clarity, but the appropriate amount of space is subjectively predicated on what precedes & follows the space. I seriously doubt that '2 spaces' ever dripped from the tongue or even crossed the mind of Guttenberg. As so often happens, laxity in communication is what has triggered this seemingly unending but totally unfounded debate. My 'guess' is that the actual original instruction was "Press the spacebar twice after a period." because pressing the spacebar once often did not create a sufficient amount of space. The compensatory workaround for *increasing the amount of space* became loosely translated into "type 2 spaces". Logically there can't be "2 spaces" -- the size of the 1 space is either more or less, narrower or wider. To accomplish the objective on a typewriter necessitates pressing the space bar a second time, whereas the precise adjustment of that space is intrinsic to proportional fonts. Regards |:>) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 4/3/10 5:35 PM, in article O$WkuZ30KHA.364(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl, "bj" <bjones44(a)bellatlantic.net> wrote: > When I was first taught to *type* the teacher was most insistant about > 2-spaces & even got cranky because I used my *left* thumb to press the > spacebar (I still do, more than 50 years later). > > My early *hand*-writing school years were in several different > states/countries/languages; no telling what I was told. > bj > > "CyberTaz" <onlygeneraltaz1(a)com.cast.net> wrote in message > news:C7DCF52B.5D2FA%onlygeneraltaz1(a)com.cast.net... >> Hi Stephen; >> >> One more voice to the choir after having watched this conversation... >> Whenever it arises :-) I'm always tempted to ask one fundamental question; >> >> If you think back to when you first were taught to print sentences, did >> your >> teacher instruct you to put "2 spaces" between sentences or was the >> instruction to leave "space" between sentences? >> >> Regards |:>) >> Bob Jones >> [MVP] Office:Mac >> > >
From: bj on 4 Apr 2010 11:51
"LVTravel" <noone(a)none.com> wrote in message news:OEl0H060KHA.5996(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > > > Actually in typewriter days it was always the right thumb, even for > southpaws that were trained as touch typists. And yes, my typing teacher, > Miss Becky Moore, would really get on your case if you used anything other > than your right thumb. (My other reply went off on cyber-vacation.) I think we must have had the same teacher, or a clone thereof. :-) bj (left-thumb-spacing since 1957) |