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When I got it I asked it what words were available in a ERSTNL A, mis-remembering that list as the most commonly appearing letters in English apparently it is ETAOIN SHRDLU.
Archive 2007-06-01 Ron Buckmire 2007
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When I got it I asked it what words were available in a ERSTNL A, mis-remembering that list as the most commonly appearing letters in English apparently it is ETAOIN SHRDLU.
Word of the Week: SALTERNS Ron Buckmire 2007
zeke commented on the word ETAOIN SHRDLU
ETAOIN SHRDLU is a nonsense phrase that sometimes appeared in print in the days of "hot type" publishing because of a custom of Linotype machine operators. It appeared frequently enough that it became part of the lore of newspapers.
February 3, 2012
ruzuzu commented on the word ETAOIN SHRDLU
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February 3, 2012