2007-08-21 05:37:21 · 5 answers · asked by Jeff 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
Practice drill from typing instructor Charles E. Weller
2007-08-21 05:43:43 · answer #1 · answered by bedbye 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It was not JFK (his line was "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country."). According to The Straight Dope (http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_295a.html), the phrase was proposed as a typing drill by a teacher named Charles E. Weller. (It actually begins with "Now is the time...")
2007-08-21 15:50:59 · answer #2 · answered by K N 123 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sister Mary Discipline in Grade 9 Typing Class (ouch that ruler across the knuckles really, stung). Really I believe it was in JFK's inaugural address
2007-08-21 12:51:37 · answer #3 · answered by crazycanadien 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think it could have came from world war 1 as a drafting frase or a cach to get people to come to war
2007-08-21 12:47:15 · answer #4 · answered by ❋✶SALLY✶❋ 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
JFK
2007-08-21 12:42:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋