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I can't type a key suddenly. a,e,i,u, yes, I can type that. I can't type the fifth letter in that set. This is bad because I am already using my backup USB key-thingy, I b0rked the built-in keythingy awhile back. Luckily I already did my writing in this day (and am ahead! \0/) It is weirdly hard, typing negatives in particular? I didn't ken that this many negatives used that letter but it is true. I tried writing 'must be the thing that is negative reversed' but I can't say that either, can't win.

Anyway I may be silent-ish until I get new a keythingy. I may give up and remap instead. A USB keythingy is cheap but I am lazy, we'll see. I have laundry, making things in kitchen, cleaning, leaf raking, finally finishing that musical with A.Ham, yuletide review, practicing music, mending, reading Ancillary Mercy, etc. as well anyway, typing is luxury time-waste rn.

But if any readers feel like talking with me using just a,e,i,u please say hi, it is an interesting exercise.

(Think I b0rked my backup hard drive yesterday as well. I am having all the luck with electrical things lately.)

(maybe I can make the keythingy qwerty again, in that case it will be missing 'S'. S is the key I b0rked last time I remapped. But it was the 'S' that is ';' in qwerty, a different physical keycap. This can't be sheer chance can it? I am haunted by a b0rked S.)

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I'd investigate the linguistics, but perhaps it's cheating if I use the English terms reference manual made by the university press that isn't Cambridge, since I can't even say its name sans that letter.

By that metric, y'all (I include R. replying) participating is cheating! See usernames. :-D

The speech part that precedes what in Latin is an ablative-case term—are these terms in English typically Germanic? I think yes, but am unsure. A fascinating exercise indeed, escaping using such terms!

It is difficult! It's difficult, making things happen when I can't with the usual way 'making a thing happen' is said, especially making a list with things that need happening, I can't write the usual title.

(Mind, just 'making things happen' is just plain difficult, that is always true I guess, I can't use the missing letter as my excuse with laundry still being a mess can I? Alas.)