I've e-mailed you a picture of "The Society," an Olympia name variant sold in the UK. This use of the definite article seems to be a British trait. To me it sounds elevated, distinctive and a little aristocratic.
What a great example! I love the Good Companion in gloss black. I'm not overly impressed with them to actually type on but ooze character and sound pretty good - sort of thwacky - too.
It looks like Richard has the measure of we Brits :-)
Beautiful and shiny, and great review. Love the shift key detal!
ReplyDelete"The Baby Empire". Also British, though.
ReplyDeleteHow could I have forgotten? I was the one who sent that to you!
DeleteTotally beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI've e-mailed you a picture of "The Society," an Olympia name variant sold in the UK. This use of the definite article seems to be a British trait. To me it sounds elevated, distinctive and a little aristocratic.
I've seen those before, they were sold by Army & Navy Stores, of all things!
DeleteWhat a great example! I love the Good Companion in gloss black. I'm not overly impressed with them to actually type on but ooze character and sound pretty good - sort of thwacky - too.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like Richard has the measure of we Brits :-)
Oh, the definite article comes from the J B Priestley novel after which the typewriter was named. Imagine if Hermes brought out a Dharma Bums model...
ReplyDeleteBeautimus! Fussy indeed, but character-full (:
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