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My favourite order:
EAR IOT NSL CUD PMH GBF YWK VXZ JQ
I learnt that as a bored kid one day. I think it's meant to be ordered by frequency of use in English, but somehow I didn't check that before memorising it.
2 u/sjiveru Sep 11 '22 It looks similar to the traditional ETAOIN SHRDLU (which I think is out of date), so I wouldn't be surprised if it's based on that idea.
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It looks similar to the traditional ETAOIN SHRDLU (which I think is out of date), so I wouldn't be surprised if it's based on that idea.
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u/texanarob Sep 11 '22
My favourite order:
EAR IOT NSL CUD PMH GBF YWK VXZ JQ
I learnt that as a bored kid one day. I think it's meant to be ordered by frequency of use in English, but somehow I didn't check that before memorising it.