# Without using the letter 'e' **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 27, 2009, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-using-the-letter-e/487645 "2009-02-27T10:48:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-using-the-letter-e/487645/1 "2009-02-27T10:48:12Z")
One of our users who has just recieved a new computer is complaining because the letter ‘e’ doesn’t work on her new keyboard 😉 - her second hand message ended with “And I can’t even email you because the ‘e’ isn’t working!!” I’m trying to think of a message she could have typed without needing an e, but am failing. Can you help? Her name is Rosemary by the way… Grim ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-using-the-letter-e/487645/2 "2009-02-27T11:03:29Z")
Hi Grim, I can’t dispatch mail from my PC or do normal writing, as that button 'twixt my W and R button is not working. Could you look into it? Thanks, Rosy ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-using-the-letter-e/487645/3 "2009-02-27T11:06:35Z")
Hlp m!! Th button is not working on my kyboard!! Plas chang it soonr rathr than latr!! ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-using-the-letter-e/487645/4 "2009-02-27T11:13:52Z")
I am having difficulty with my computation tool. My symbol pad works okay, until I have an obligation to form a word with a fifth sign of a ABCs. I would want a shoot back and any aid as soon as you can. Thanks, Rmary. It sounds like it’s been run through a translator several times, but works. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-using-the-letter-e/487645/5 "2009-02-27T11:15:12Z")
Ok, mine just sounds silly compared to **Ximenean**. ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-using-the-letter-e/487645/6 "2009-02-27T11:15:27Z")
She could’ve plagiarized [this](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadsby:_Champion_of_Youth#Lipogrammatic_quality). ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-using-the-letter-e/487645/7 "2009-02-27T11:19:57Z")
Go to something with an e in text and copy the e. Paste the e every time you need it. ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-using-the-letter-e/487645/8 "2009-02-27T11:33:20Z")
> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > Go to something with an e in text and copy the e. Paste the e every time you need it. Great idea - this is what I do for all accented letters (é, è, ö, etc). In fact, she should make this the first thing she does every morning, and then use CTRL+V instead of ‘e’ for the rest of the day!! Simple when you think of it… ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-using-the-letter-e/487645/9 "2009-02-27T13:09:49Z")
> [@grimpixie](#): > > Great idea - this is what I do for all accented letters (é, è, ö, etc). In fact, she should make this the first thing she does every morning, and then use CTRL+V instead of ‘e’ for the rest of the day!! > > Simple when you think of it… I think you should go with this as a permanent solution. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-using-the-letter-e/487645/10 "2009-02-27T14:08:43Z")
> [@Mudshark](#): > > I am having difficulty with my computation tool. My symbol pad works okay, until I hav **e** an obligation to form a word with a fifth sign of a ABCs. I would want a shoot back and any aid as soon as you can. > > Thanks, Rmary. Thanks for playing. Kindly try again! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-using-the-letter-e/487645/11 "2009-02-27T14:16:51Z")
I’m having a computational crisis. An important button isn’t working and I’m finding it difficult to contact you. You should call. R. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-using-the-letter-e/487645/12 "2009-02-27T14:35:21Z")
A button on my digital input apparatus is not working. Hint - it’s an initial of a Baltic country (not Latvia or Lithuania, though) ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-using-the-letter-e/487645/13 "2009-02-27T14:52:07Z")
“I can’t do a W!” “You can’t do an E?” “Corrwct!” ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-using-the-letter-e/487645/14 "2009-02-27T14:54:09Z")
I smell a Monty Python skit in here somewhere… ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-using-the-letter-e/487645/15 "2009-02-27T15:28:37Z")
> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > Go to something with an e in text and copy the e. Paste the e every time you need it. Now, that’s clever! 9.5! ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-using-the-letter-e/487645/16 "2009-02-27T16:36:09Z")
Alt+069 = E Alt+101 = e ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-using-the-letter-e/487645/17 "2009-02-27T16:46:10Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Alt+069 = E > Alt+101 = e 9.8! ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-using-the-letter-e/487645/18 "2009-02-27T16:57:35Z")
You could typ in L33t. ---
**Author:** ![Telperion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telperion/32/509_2.png) [@Telperion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperion)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-using-the-letter-e/487645/19 "2009-02-27T18:09:44Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > You could typ in L33t. Lolcat would work too I guess, but it leaves something to be desired in a professional setting. “Halp!!! Mah Kybordz Brok! Fix plz!!!” ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-using-the-letter-e/487645/20 "2009-02-27T18:15:05Z")
> [@grimpixie](#): > > One of our users who has just recieved a new computer is complaining because the letter ‘e’ doesn’t work on her new keyboard 😉 - her second hand message ended with “And I can’t even email you because the ‘e’ isn’t working!!” > > I’m trying to think of a message she could have typed without needing an e, but am failing. Can you help? > > Her name is Rosemary by the way… > > Grim She needs to sign her name, Rowzmary. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-using-the-letter-e/487645.md?page=2)