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The typewriter typewrites on the typewriter

by on December 16, 2019

Employing the same term for both machine and operator led to no end of punning (though technically speaking, there’s no pun in it).

From The Shorthand Review, March 1892 —

© 2019 – 2018, Mark Adams. All rights reserved.

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  • Bill M December 17, 2019, 5:38 pm

    A typewriter love story.

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