Comments | gmcnaughton: Dvorak creates new words

gmcnaughton

Dvorak creates new words

Mar 12, 2009 04:13

Since upgrading to a new computer at work (now with less crashing! 4th time's the charm -- thanks, Vista64), I've had to revert to a plain 101-key keyboard. Sadly my old Kinesis is PS2 only ( Read more... )

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hansandersen March 12 2009, 06:08:24 UTC

Try this as an experiment: type the first few verses of a modern translation of Beowulf, and see how much the resulting text resembles the original...

jephly March 12 2009, 22:09:47 UTC

The first lines of Seamus Heaney's translation:

"So. The Spear-Danes in days gone by and the kings who ruled them had courage and greatness. We have heard of these princes' heroic campaigns."

become:

"No. Hde Npeac-Iaten it iayn fote xy ati hde kitfn mdo curei hdeb dai goucafe ati fceahtenn. Me dawe deaci ot hdene pcitgen' decoig gabpaiftn."

I'd say it's still far too readable to be Old English.

gmcnaughton March 17 2009, 05:13:36 UTC

Thanks for the translation! That's dedication, it's hard to type a long sentence without shifting your hands back to the right keys. :) I like "Me dawe deaci ot hdene". That really ought to mean something.

jephly March 17 2009, 19:23:46 UTC

You've got me all wrong. I don't have dedication. Instead, I have a computer.

gclarke March 12 2009, 17:02:26 UTC

You are so going to face a Bareworeth in some upcoming dungeon crawl... now I just gotta figure out how bad that's going to be.

jephly March 12 2009, 22:01:52 UTC

I'm going to start introducing myself as a Bigconoyh employee... as soon as I can figure out how to pronounce that. Better than working for Foofre, that's for sure!

jrpseudonym March 14 2009, 04:27:28 UTC

Foofre, I think that was a social networking start up a few years back...

jephly March 14 2009, 05:32:14 UTC

Oh, man, I think I've found the best one yet: MySpace = ByNpage