You know that most of your comments are to the point for many common transpositions involving the t and the h in mid-word, but not for a T-E-H sequence (which is not a common transposition sequence). TEH requires that you hit the T and E with the same finger with a backward movement to the E (using your logic) before striking the single follow letter H with the other strike finger. That's not how transpositions generally happen. And for what it is worth, touch typists are more likely to create transpositions because of differing strike rates of fingers, but like ten key people, they recognize and correct the error almost without thinking. Speaking as someone that once proofed three typists that were all over the 100 wpm mark on Selectrics when pushed.
The primary proponent of teh seems to have no problem at all with any other T-H sequences. Why would 'thanks' be any easier or more difficult than 'teh'? Just my opinion, but it seems a studied mannerism calculated to catch attention, for good or ill.
I'll fade back to lurker status now.
The primary proponent of teh seems to have no problem at all with any other T-H sequences. Why would 'thanks' be any easier or more difficult than 'teh'? Just my opinion, but it seems a studied mannerism calculated to catch attention, for good or ill.
I'll fade back to lurker status now.
But if the firmware in the keyboard is defective then the n-key rollover routine can easily scramble the strike order to a different transmitted order. Over the years in my embedded development work I've seen this multiple times in both polled and interrupt-driven firmware.
And difficult as it was, I just observed my own typing, which is partial-sight-, not touch-typing, and determined that I strike the 't' then 'h' with left then right index fingers, striking the 'e' with the left middle finger. So a premise of a 'requirement' for backing the index finger to strike the 'e' key is not universally applicable.
Of course, watching my own typing is suspect and likely perturbs common behaviors, but it is possible that two fingers on one hand might activate sequentially more rapidly than two on separate hands. Possibly a neuromusular effect of different nerves on different sides of the body?
And 'the' is a semantic unit, the typing of which is likely associated with its own neuromuscular 'routine', so it is not necessarily typed with the same cadence or speed as other instances of the same sequence in longer words. In fact, I appear to type the 'the' group inside space-'the'-space significantly more quickly than 'the' embedded in other words.
It would be interesting to measure precisely. Such measurements can provide one biometric method of identifying a typist against a typing signature when activation timing (alone, not even including activation force) is available for analysis.
Fun stuff to consider. and no need to fade away - please continue to share your expertise!
