tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post3165343223838819581..comments2024-03-25T15:02:25.695+11:00Comments on oz.Typewriter: On This Day in Typewriter History (LIII)Robert Messengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04366507489948676594noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-20685192079482780162011-07-15T10:34:53.753+10:002011-07-15T10:34:53.753+10:00Thanks, Martin. So mechanographology it is. Can I ...Thanks, Martin. So mechanographology it is. Can I now call myself a mechanographologist?Robert Messengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04366507489948676594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-91119664144407488572011-07-13T13:39:00.806+10:002011-07-13T13:39:00.806+10:00Yes, Richard is right! Mechanographology, mechano...Yes, Richard is right! Mechanographology, mechanographics, is much better. Graphology sounds like a charlatan handwriting analysis, like "phrenology."Martin A. Rice, Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11855770090552152269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-59949232517006971162011-07-13T12:49:24.818+10:002011-07-13T12:49:24.818+10:00Catchy, both suggestions! I would have made an eff...Catchy, both suggestions! I would have made an effort myself, but I couldn't work out the Greek for typewriting - the "horo" and the "logy" came from Greek, after all. But for highfalutin, Mechanographology gets the nod. Sorry, Martin!Robert Messengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04366507489948676594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-39681986931213185322011-07-13T12:15:37.846+10:002011-07-13T12:15:37.846+10:00"Mechanographology," I say. (In Spanish,..."Mechanographology," I say. (In Spanish, typewriting is called mecanografía.)<br /><br />Thank you for deepening my knowledge of Eugene Fitch, creator of one of my very favorite typewriters.Richard Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16232053429935587826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-32968153356709060022011-07-13T08:25:40.052+10:002011-07-13T08:25:40.052+10:00"The Fitch presents a very neat and tasty app..."The Fitch presents a very neat and <b>tasty</b> appearance"?<br /><br />I don't recall the Fitch being featured in the film "Naked Lunch", but if it has a "tasty" appearance, it should have been. :DTedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774432656602082311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-52007310632012688152011-07-12T17:32:31.938+10:002011-07-12T17:32:31.938+10:00Well, my suggestion, to parallel "Horology,&q...Well, my suggestion, to parallel "Horology," is, obviously, "Graphology."Martin A. Rice, Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11855770090552152269noreply@blogger.com