Many moons ago, I blogged about a little fun word game I had with a computer keyboard, grep and awk.

Well, a friend of mine (not in England) asked about the 'awerty' keyboard. Ooops! My anglo-centric sensibilities strikes again. I therefore tried to find the longest word possible using only the top line of an 'awerty' keyboard.

The top ten are as follows:


12: propitiatory

12: appropriator

11: proprietary

11: preparatory

11: portraiture

11: perpetrator

11: paratrooper

11: appropriate

10: wiretapper

10: waterpower


Now, how long before my Norwegian friend asks me about Dvorak keyboards...