What Is the Sound of One Hand Typing?

slumry commented on the list the-sound-of-one-hand-typing

This is a great list. How did you gather these words?

I can only wonder, though, about the puzzlement of the Very Young over the concept of the sound of typing. Sound? barely.

June 15, 2007

palooka commented on the list the-sound-of-one-hand-typing

I agree - amazing idea for a list.

June 15, 2007

reesetee commented on the list the-sound-of-one-hand-typing

Thanks to you both. Every now & then I find another word for this list--mostly by accident. Oddly, there seem to be more "left-handed" words than "right-handed." Or maybe that's just my left-handed bias.

Oh, I think keyboards make quite a bit of noise, slumry (though not as much as typewriters once did). Just sit in a cubicle farm for a while on a busy day. ;-)

June 15, 2007

jennarenn commented on the list the-sound-of-one-hand-typing

The left hand has the good vowels, as well as t, r, and s.

June 15, 2007

reesetee commented on the list the-sound-of-one-hand-typing

True, jennarenn--but I was surprised that I couldn't wring more out of the I, O, and U on the right!

June 15, 2007

uselessness commented on the list the-sound-of-one-hand-typing

What's a typewriter?

June 15, 2007

reesetee commented on the list the-sound-of-one-hand-typing

Oh, you young'uns....

June 15, 2007

pterodactyl commented on the list the-sound-of-one-hand-typing

Wow -- that's quite a list. I'm especially impressed by "reverberate".

April 5, 2008

bilby commented on the list the-sound-of-one-hand-typing

He was probably too modest to add reesetee to this list. Or common expressions such as reesetee craves bad rat sewage.

April 5, 2008

reesetee commented on the list the-sound-of-one-hand-typing

Thanks, pterodactyl! Bilby, that's how I came up with the idea for this list--my own screen name. However, there is nothing you can do to make me add "reesetee craves bad rat sewage." Nothing at all--common as it may be.

*blecch*

April 6, 2008

mollusque commented on the list the-sound-of-one-hand-typing

Reesetee, your list was the inspiration for my own, but I broadened it to include other kinds of typewriter words.

By the way, how about great crested grebes for a left-handed bird phrase?

April 6, 2008

reesetee commented on the list the-sound-of-one-hand-typing

Uh oh. Mollusque, do you know what you're doing? You're actually suggesting another bird list! ;-)

April 7, 2008

mollusque commented on the list the-sound-of-one-hand-typing

And might I suggest a panvocalic bird wird list as well? (Mandt's guillemot, house martin, Archibuteo, guineafowl, alpine chough, fork-tailed gull....)

April 7, 2008

reesetee commented on the list the-sound-of-one-hand-typing

I bow to your panvocalic prowess. Go on and make that list, mollusque. You know you want to. ;-)

April 8, 2008

mollusque commented on the list the-sound-of-one-hand-typing

Quail dove, orangequit! I think I'll just file them on my existing lists. Otherwise I'd need lists for panvocalic dinosaurs, beetles, worms...

April 8, 2008

reesetee commented on the list the-sound-of-one-hand-typing

You say that as though it's a problem. ;->

April 8, 2008

jdorner commented on the list the-sound-of-one-hand-typing

reserve and reserves are some more left-handed words to add to your list

April 20, 2008

reesetee commented on the list the-sound-of-one-hand-typing

Done, jdorner. Thanks for the suggestions!

April 21, 2008

mollusque commented on the list the-sound-of-one-hand-typing

Receded and crested.

September 23, 2008

reesetee commented on the list the-sound-of-one-hand-typing

Done, thanks! Obviously this is an ongoing list. :-)

September 23, 2008

mollusque commented on the list the-sound-of-one-hand-typing

How about detartrated?

November 26, 2009

PossibleUnderscore commented on the list the-sound-of-one-hand-typing

What a terrific list!

I find that when I type a particularly long word, my opposite hand does the next space: a queer balancing act.

November 27, 2009

reesetee commented on the list the-sound-of-one-hand-typing

Good one, mollusque! Possible, my opposite thumb does the same thing: hovering just above the space bar, just in case it can be useful.

December 1, 2009

foglifter commented on the list the-sound-of-one-hand-typing

How would you feel about hoi polloi?

June 9, 2010

reesetee commented on the list the-sound-of-one-hand-typing

Hi foglifter (nifty name!)--I would feel just fine about it. Thanks!

June 12, 2010

leirion commented on the list the-sound-of-one-hand-typing

I propose stargazer

June 13, 2010

reesetee commented on the list the-sound-of-one-hand-typing

Great one--thanks, leirion!

June 14, 2010

mollusque commented on the list the-sound-of-one-hand-typing

Go for the plural!

June 14, 2010

PossibleUnderscore commented on the list the-sound-of-one-hand-typing

abracadabra!!

June 26, 2010

reesetee commented on the list the-sound-of-one-hand-typing

Ooh! Good one! Thanks, possible!

June 26, 2010

hernesheir commented on the list the-sound-of-one-hand-typing

readdresses, retarded, restarted, deferred, regreased, regressed, retested, detested, exceeded, recreased, decreased, defaced, weedeater, redfaced for starters.

June 26, 2010

reesetee commented on the list the-sound-of-one-hand-typing

Thanks! I believe that when I began this list I was trying to avoid "-ed" and "re-" because they seemed too easy. But I've given up on that foolishness. ;-)

June 26, 2010

hernesheir commented on the list the-sound-of-one-hand-typing

bearded bastard, seeded breads, vervet, seed treats (for pet birds and bunnies), graft, retreaded, sewer rat, wafers, fazed, waders, fewer tasters tested Easter seed wafers, seesawed, resteers, defecated, reverted, we retreated weeds reseeded, weeds are free, rearrested, red crest, redbreast

June 26, 2010