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What's The Longest Word You Can Type Using Only Your Left Hand And A Standard Keyboard?

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    In the standard English language typewriter keyboard the alphabetic row on the top left has the letters Q, W, E, R, T, and Y. The longest English word that can be typed using only the upper row of letters on the QWERTY keyboard is 'Typewriter'.
    The QWERTY keyboard was designed by Christopher Sholes, the inventor of the typewriter. According to some the reason for the design was to slow down the typist in order to prevent jamming of the keys, but it was in fact designed to facilitate faster typing. In early typewriters, typing fast often resulted in the mechanism getting jammed. So Sholes came up with a layout to separate the letters of common digraphs. Soon after, the jamming problem was resolved by figuring out a suitable use of springs. The keyboard layout remained though and has now become a world-wide standard.
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    Guest 

    answered 3 years ago

      Stewardesses with the left hand and lollipop the right
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      Guest 

      answered 8 months ago

        Stewardesses. Although, Most people only use one hand, so it could be supercalafragelisticexpialadocious
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        Guest 

        answered 8 months ago

        It's not lollipop it's hypolimnion
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        Guest 

        answered 7 months ago

        The reat answer is stewardesses
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        Guest 

        answered 6 months ago

          Stewardesses
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          Guest

          Guest 

          answered 5 months ago

          Stewardesses
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          Guest 

          answered 5 months ago

          Ummm i just wanted to say something
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          Guest 

          answered 2 months ago

          Steadfast
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          Guest 

          answered 2 weeks ago

          Steadfast
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          Guest 

          answered 2 days ago

            The longest word to type with your left hand only is afterwards - isn't it?
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            Slimkit 

            answered 3 years ago

            Stewardess
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            Guest 

            answered 4 months ago

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