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When the essay says "a literal tooth", does it really mean a literal calcium tooth from some animal's mouth?
by strken 1y ago
When the essay says "a literal tooth", does it really mean a literal calcium tooth from some animal's mouth?
- anotherhue 1y agoNo those would be "literal canines", i.e. grammatical assistance dogs.
- syncsynchalt 1y agoIn some industries, latches (which the article called "teeth") are called "dogs". So that's a full-circle kind of comment you've got there.
- rswail 1y agoThere was a metal tooth that the shift lock engaged on the shift key below it, effectively "locking" the key carriage in place in the "shifted" position (caps lock for alphabetic characters, the "special" characters for the numerics). To release it, you either pressed the shift key down, or pressed the shift lock again to "unlock" the shift. No animals were harmed by the implementation of the tooth :)
- rhizome 1y agoIt's a latch.