Special Order of the Day - Spelling Mistake?

[MikeMeech]

Yes: whereas I am correct in stating that "typewriter" was a person who typed, the meaning had morphed by 1914.

The classifieds of the The Times demonstrate this: 1890 -1900 most typewriters are people; 1900-1910 either/ or; 1910 onwards the machine.

So not in "1918" as you stated? Also of course 'Computer' pre-dates any computer machines as it was used as a term for people that engaged in 'computations', ie. 'performing mathmatical or logical calculations', this used to be a room full of men or woman and would probably have been a term in current use during 1914-18. Our modern 'computers' replaced these people of course.

Mike

[Muerrisch]

What I actually said was not aggressive or assertive, it was:

I think you will find that in 1918 a typewriter was a person who used a typing machine

So now, I think you will find that, apart from archaic usages, in 1918 a typewriter was a machine not a person.

Can we get on with life now please?