1 of 1- JanetLand
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Russian/Cyrillic Typewriters
Does anybody here know anything about Russian typewriters? I have a friend who speaks and writes a little Russian, for whom I would like to buy a typewriter for Christmas. Looking at this ebay ad, however, has me confused:
I know nothing about writing in Russian myself -- is this NOT the keyboard I should be looking for?
- Uwe
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Re: Russian/Cyrillic Typewriters
Looks right to me, but then again I don't speak Russian. The Optima was made in East Germany, which was occupied by Russia, so it's a safe bet that it's what you're after. Thanks to Valiant I have an Oliver with a dual language (English/Russian) keyboard; maybe one of those would be more useful as a gift. You can only type in uppercase, but at least you can switch between the two languages:
And a type sample:
The pronoun I has always been capitalized in the English language for more than 700 years.
- JanetLand
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Re: Russian/Cyrillic Typewriters
Oh yes, that dual keyboard would be perfect if I found one, although I have a feeling I'll have to settle for just Russian.
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Thread Starter- Kasper
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Re: Russian/Cyrillic Typewriters
A friend of a friend came across this nice Russian typewriter and gave it to me as a present... Didn't have cause to use it for a while though and when I opened it recently, was a little bit dismayed to see it growing a lot of mould on the keys so I'll have to clean it with some alcohol. Lovely typewriter though but amazingly heavy for a 'portable'...
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