- Uwe
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Re: Fractions
A large number of my Olympia standards have the 'th' key, and these are all machines that were distributed through Olympia Canada, so I don't think it's a U.S. thing. Of course it wouldn't make much sense on a German keyboard given the language difference, but I don't see why it wouldn't be found on Olympia standards in the U.K.
The pronoun I has always been capitalized in the English language for more than 700 years.
- KatLondon
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Re: Fractions
No, but there you go.
- KatLondon
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Re: Fractions
Clearly less a language thing than a usage thing.
- beak
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Re: Fractions
Re the 'th' slug in superscript.
Being of rather more mature years than most, and having been brought up in England, I can only offer that the most common use of this key would have been in writing the date. No one ever wrote 25 Sept 58 (for instance) which would have appeared as 25th Sept. (or month in full) 1958. As pointed out, th. would be more common than st. or rd., but why these last should be absent, I cannot say.
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- beak
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Re: Fractions
Just happened to see this odd machine. Apart from the 1/2 and the 1/4 keys there is an odd fraction on the L key, but I cannot make it out from the sellers picture - any ideas?
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- TypewriterKing
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Re: Fractions
It looks like a percent character (%). The machine looks like an older child's typewriter--a little like one my sister got for her birthday when she was 10.
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- beak
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Re: Fractions
Now that you say it, it probably is %. Interesting that the 1/4 and 1/2 are one character, however.
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- TypewriterKing
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Re: Fractions
Another interesting thing about the 1/4 and 1/2: I just realized that they are nowhere on my computer keyboard. I'll have to look around at other computers to see if they omit them too.
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- SoucekFan
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Re: Fractions
The one to the right of the 1/2 is 3/4. The % is on the end with the letter L.
- thetypewriterman
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Re: Fractions
Yes, that is exactly what it is - a toy typewriter. The interesting thing is that it was made in Nottingham, England by a firm called Byron-Jardine. That is the same Byron that was formerly Bar-Lock, respected manufacturer of real typewriters ! The toy takes a special narrow ribbon fabric, which I can actually supply - and often do !
