# Qwerty - another theory

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qwerty-another-theory/285044>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [January 16, 2005, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qwerty-another-theory/285044 "2005-01-16T18:15:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qwerty-another-theory/285044/1 "2005-01-16T18:15:29Z")

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With reference to Cecil’s column [Was the QWERTY keyboard purposely designed to slow typists?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_248.html) .

I recently saw another theory [on this site.](http://www.superkids.com/aweb/pages/features/qwerty/qwerty.shtml)

“In 1873, E. Remington & Sons licensed the design from Scholes, and set their engineers to work to on the design. One of their keyboard layout changes was driven by a clever marketing idea. The Remington brand name, TYPE WRITER, could be most speedily typed if all of its letters were on the same row. Remington’s salesmen used this slight bit of subterfuge to impress potential customers.”