Only heard this term yesterday - it tickled my fancy.
2007-09-11 08:05:55 · 16 answers · asked by ? 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
It means someone who types with two fingers, by the way.
2007-09-11 08:08:59 · update #1
Definitely- i get crap for it (ESPECIALLY at school) all the time. I hate the "shift" button- my left pointer hits "caps lock" and my right pointer and right middle finger do all the typing. I can type 47 WPM with MY version of typing, and an embarrassing 10 WPM with all ten fingers. I know where all the letters are, it's just I've always typed this way and can't get off it. (Like how we refuse to change the keyboard configuration- it hasn't been changed since the invention of the typewriter... this is actually the slowest possible formation. Old typewriters couldn't keep up with faster typists, so they formatted it to be as slow and difficult as possible!)
2007-09-11 09:47:10 · answer #1 · answered by CopperPenny 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have only been using the key board for a short time, so I suppose I am in this category, the main reason that I started using Yahoo Answer`s was to make me use the key board more and therefore get a bit faster at it, I am still at the two finger stage but I know where the keys are now and I am getting a bit faster, I am better than hunt and peck, more like just peck.
Chris.
2007-09-11 08:17:43 · answer #2 · answered by GOD 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope..I'm a pretty fast typist..about 50 words a minute.
Gotta be..I'm an Admin Assistant.
2007-09-11 12:12:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I'm a touch typist. I was required to take typing in high school long before PC's. All the typewriters in typing classes had blank keys so we wouldn't be tempted to look.
2007-09-11 08:32:09 · answer #4 · answered by Texlady 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. I've been a touch typist long enough that the words go from my brain to the screen (or the paper) and I don't have to think about what my fingers are doing.
2007-09-11 08:10:08 · answer #5 · answered by old lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. I'm so old that I learnt touch typing in what is now called my 'gap year'. Hunt and peck refers to people who only use their forefingers and hover over the keyboard until they find the right letter.
2007-09-11 08:32:29 · answer #6 · answered by cymry3jones 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I took typing in Jr. High and I need to type for various computer jobs. If you need to work with computers, I would suggest learning how to type without the "hunt & peck" method or suffer later.
2007-09-11 08:11:05 · answer #7 · answered by moviemaven 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, and while that method would seem slower, some people can type really fast that way! I use all my fingers, and top out at a sad 35 words per minute. . :(
2007-09-11 08:10:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Actually typing is my stupid human trick! I can type like 80 words per minute and my 10 key ksph is 20,000!
Wonder if I can get paid for this somehow...
2007-09-11 08:14:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
nope, can type without looking and use all my fingers
my husband on the other hand is a "hunt and pecker"
2007-09-11 08:13:32 · answer #10 · answered by Jessi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋