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Where did "etaoin shrdlu" come from
Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, May 03 2013 @ 08:52 PM EDT
It is also the letters of the alphabet sorted by probability
of appearance in English language text. "E" is the most
common letter, "T" is the second most common, and so on. That
may be the reason the corresponding keys appeared in that
order in printing equipment.

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Where did "etaoin shrdlu" come from
Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, May 03 2013 @ 09:15 PM EDT
View Linotype Keyboard at wikipedia.

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Where did "etaoin shrdlu" come from
Authored by: ailuromancy on Saturday, May 04 2013 @ 12:33 AM EDT

Mr Anon's linotype link has a link to the exact phrase ETAOIN SHRDLU in the middle. That page explains everything, but for some unknown reason neglects to mention Eotain and Shurdlu, a pair of Geisterdamen from the Girl Genious web comic.

Eotain and Shurdlu first turn up here, riding giant spiders and looking for their mistress's daughter. It will all make sense if you step back a page and know that the play is about their mistress and they have found the person they are looking for.

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  • Probably because - Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, May 04 2013 @ 08:46 AM EDT
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