keyboard arrangements

[Paul B. Gallagher]

Steven Hill wrote:

> Dear colleagues:
>
> Brief followup to discussion of fonts & keyboards.  I recently
> submitted a correction of a bizarre misspelling on "Internet Movie
> Database."  At the time, I could not figure out how such a
> far-fetched misspelling could have occurred.  But maybe that data had
> been authored by someone familiar with the "Soviet-style" arrangement
> of  Cyrillic keys, and who was typing "blind"?
>
> It was supposed to be a character's name in a film: "K. SAMOILOV" (or
> "KLIM SAMOILOV").
>
> But on IMDB it was spelled  "K SHRDLU," believe it or not.
>
> Does the above misspelling make sense to you experts who regularly
> work with the "non-homophonic" arrangement of Cyrillic keys?

No, but it is the right half of the first row on a linotype keyboard
(ETAOIN SHRDLU)...

My guess is someone stuck it in as a placeholder and forgot to update it.

--
War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left.
--
Paul B. Gallagher
pbg translations, inc.
"Russian Translations That Read Like Originals"
http://pbg-translations.com

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