Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I love that story! Is it true? I live in Hungary at the moment, where the language has 42 characters - more than fit on any typewriter. I wonder what their excuse is! Paul. ******* Paul Hardy Carter www.paulhardycarter.com ******* On 25 Feb 2005, at 05:50, Peter Klein wrote: > I've had conversations with people on Christmas Island via amateur > radio. One of the people I spoke with told me was that the missionary > who complied the first dictionary of the native language broke the "S" > key on his typewriter. So he substituted "ti" for "s." > > And the retit is hititory. >