What Happened to the "E"?

beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeats meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...

Most commonly used letter in the English language.

I guess I'm a freak. Its the A on my keyboard.

It also has to do with the word(s) you commonly use for passwords or userids.

it's the A here also; all others are intact...

I hope you are not a freak because of this. A is the most worn letter on my keyboard too. I don't even use the word asshole.

if you were into computer games, wasd would be completely gone. no trace. and you woudlnt notice, because your left hadn would be on them permanenetly

i must've worn out the arrow keys when i used to play tetris endlessly...

My down and right arrow keys are conspicuous by their absence

It is just painted on. The paint wears away with usage of the keyboard. The letter E is the most used letter of the alphabet so it makes sense that it would be the one showing the most wear.

Before I purchased my current keyboard about six months ago, my old one was so worn that very few of the keys still had their letters painted on them. This current one is six months old and the SERTOM keys are nearly or completely gone. I do a heck of a lot of typing.


This is when learning to touch-type comes in very handy so you aren't handicapped by the blank key pads.

Is that due to the Bahstan accent?

aye!

Un huh. My arrow keys were polished smooth from tetris. Then I upgraded from the Tandy TX. The clock was so fast there was nothing but a blur of falling pieces.

As people said, 'E' is the most used letter in english language. 'A' is also in the top, which is why that is also a popular one to be worn off.

A mnemonic device to remember the most popular used letters, is to pronounce 'EATON SHIRDLU'. The letters aren't exactly in order of most used, but it's close. The actual order is 'ETAOINSRHLDU'

For me it is D, E, and S - lots of "S" in German I guess...

It's becoming obsolete as the Knights Who Say "Ni" are taking over the world. Note that there is no "e" in "Ni".

"A" is my most worn letter, but I think a lot of that has to do with "a2k" as well as it being the first letter of a number of other sites I work on.



When I was a kid, and interested in cryptology, I learned "ETOA..." now I have to go find out what's right. :-(

I remembered EATON SHIRDLU as the pneumonic, but just googled the actual order, and am not sure of the source. It could very possibly be ETOA.

My most warn keys are: {}()<>?=

Ok, not really - but that would give me good street cred among programmers (these keys are used alot when programming PHP). Actually, looking at my keyboard, I don't see a single key that looks warn. I guess I don't type much.