The History of the Typewriter and its Impact on Language
- In 1886, Christopher Latham Sholes invented a typewriter that became more popular than any other writing machine of its time.
- As typewriters became common, new words were needed to describe the people who operated them.
- The word 'typewriter' satisfied everyone and became the commonly used term for the machine.
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Inventors had been trying for more than a hundred years to make a satisfactory writing machine when finally in 1886 Christopher Latham Sholes produced one that became more popular than any of the others. In his application for a patent on his machine, Sholes called it a typewriter. So far as has been found, that was the first time this word was ever used. As soon as such machines became common, there was need for other words in connection with them. At first it was felt that one who operated such a machine should be called a typer, and this word got into a dictionary brought out in 1909 with the definition: "A person who uses a typewriter." It was soon found that women and girls could operate such machines quite well, and for a time they were called type girls, typewriter girls, and typewriters. Newspaper accounts sometimes mentioned typewriters, including information on how much they made per month and how they frequently married their employers. There were a few people who thought the machine should be called a typine, with the accent on the second syllable. This suggestion did not meet with favor, because typewriter, the word Sholes had used, satisfied everybody. As soon as authors began to type their articles, stories, and book some people thought a new word was needed. Manuscript comes from two Latin words meaning "hand" and "write" and signifies "hand-written." Those who were unhappy about using this word for typed material invented typescript, and this Americanism is widely used.
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Inventors had been trying for more than a hundred years to make a satisfactory writing machine when finally in 1886 Christopher Latham Sholes produced one that became more popular than any of the others. 1886年の終わりクリストファー・レイサム・ショールズが他の何よりも普及した申し分ないライティングマシンの制作した頃、発明家は100年以上も開発を試みていた。 In his application for a patent on his machine, Sholes called it a typewriter. So far as has been found, that was the first time this word was ever used. As soon as such machines became common, there was need for other words in connection with them. ショールズが彼の機械の特許申請においてタイプライターと名づけた。これまでに初期の言葉が使われていたことは知られていた。その機械が一般的になるとすぐに他の言葉と組み合わせる必要があった。 At first it was felt that one who operated such a machine should be called a typer, and this word got into a dictionary brought out in 1909 with the definition: "A person who uses a typewriter." 最初、その様な機械を扱う人はタイパーと呼ばれるべきだと思われていて、その言葉も1909年の辞書にもタイプライターを使う人と記されていた。 半分だけですが。
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以下のとおりお答えします。（面白い内容を楽しませていただきました。） 満足な執筆用の機械を作るために、発明者たちが100年間以上努力していましたが、時ようやく1886年、クリストファー・レーサム・ショーレスが他のどれよりポピュラーになったものを生産したのでした。 彼の機械の特許出願で、ショーレスはそれをタイプライターと呼びました。知られる限り、それがこの単語の使用された最初でした。そのような機械が一般的になるとすぐに、それに関連する他の言葉が必要になりました。 初め、そのような機械を操作する人はtyperと呼ばれるべきだと思われたので、この言葉（typer）が「タイプライターを使用する人」と定義づけられて辞書に取り込まれ、1909年に出版されました。 婦人や少女がそのような機械をとてもうまく操作できることがすぐに分かりましたので、しばらくの間彼女らはタイプ少女、タイプライター少女、タイプライターズと呼ばれました。新聞記事は、時々彼女らが1か月当たりどのくらい（文書を）作ったか、また、彼女らがいかにしばしば（自分の）雇用者と結婚したかについての情報を含め、タイプライターについて言及しました。 その機械は、第2音節にアクセントを置いてtypineと呼ばれるべきであると考えた者が数人いました。ショーレスが使用した言葉のタイプライターが皆を満足させていたので、この提案は引き立てを得ませんでした。 著者らが自作の記事、物語および本などをタイプし始めるとすぐに、何人かの人々は新語が必要であると考えました。原稿（という語）は、「手」と「書く」を意味するラテン語の2単語から来たので、「手書きされた」を意味します。この単語を、タイプされた資料を表わすのに用いることが不満だった人々は、typescript（タイプ原稿）という語を発明し、このアメリカ語法が広く使用されています。 以上、ご回答まで。
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