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No W
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lugnet.general
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Date:
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Mon, 17 May 1999 16:51:07 GMT
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I was looking through the 226 Idea Book from 1982 the other day and
noticed something odd. There is a page which suggests making letters
and numbers from Lego bricks. On two different examples the "W" is left
out. Possible explanations:
There is no "W" in the Danish alphabet.
The "W" is too wide to model in Lego.
The "W" was the first letter to disappear from the minifig alphabet.
Subsequent generations dropped more and more letters, causing the
keyboard of today to have so few letters.
--
Thomas Main
main@appstate.edu
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: No W
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| (...) Another explanation: Dilbert's company made the defective keyboard, and remembered to put in a "Q" key this time. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | Re: No W
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| I believe it is the case that several European languages don't have the letter 'W'. I know it isn't in the Spanish language. Rob ---...--- (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: No W
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| (...) Exactly. As the town-juniorization of Lego continues, more letters will be dropped from keyboards until, finally, all that is left is a space bar. -- Terry K -- (25 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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