[Vwoolf] from on thing to another—-On Typing:

[stringsOf Light]

Thank you Jeremy for sharing your own experience and taking us back to your school years. Your letter was just as captivating as others.
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From: Vwoolf <vwoolf-bounces at lists.osu.edu> on behalf of Jeremy Hawthorn via Vwoolf <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu>
Sent: 25 February 2025 10:08
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Interesting. I went to a boy's grammar school just south of London 1953-60. We had compulsory woodwork and metalwork. At this time lots of girls' grammar schools had compulsory shorthand and typing. Over the past 65 years I have made zero use
Interesting. I went to a boy's grammar school just south of London 1953-60. We had compulsory woodwork and metalwork. At this time lots of girls' grammar schools had compulsory shorthand and typing. Over the past 65 years I have made zero use of my woodwork and metalwork lessons, but I sit and type every day, although preliminary notes I write in longhand. When typing I use only two fingers, because I never learned to touch type. This is double as many fingers as are used by an old friend, during whose career as a lawyer never more than one finger has been used at the keyboard- whether a typewriter or a pc. My sister did write notes on her BA finals paper in shorthand, which apparently impressed her examiners (she got a first). What effect, if any, I wonder, did Woolf's involvement in book production and typesetting have on her own habits of composition? I suspect that this has been written about . . .

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Emne: [Vwoolf] from on thing to another—-On Typing:

In preparation of digitizing Mrs. Dalloway
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The response letters are at the very end of the linked page, which may be just as interesting.
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