A Monority View
Far from impoverishing the English language, computers and keyboards are seeding and fertilising a vocabulary that already encompasses more words than any other. Keyboard fumbling, cross-referenced with Mr. Gates' spellchecker, can give rise to words that, for inscrutable reasons, have not previously been discovered. I like to think that some of them are potentially very useful.
For example, we have 'beaurocracy.' That must mean rule by beautiful people. 'Intradiction' may be just the word for phrases that form in your mind but you do not utter, such as "that dress is too small for you, Dear." A 'bramaid' is clearly a strikingly pneumatic barmaid. 'Lieable' is almost likeable - or could mean easily bedded; but it would also be a very useful part of a practising spin-doctor's vocabulary.
The letters on my own keyboard are worn off. This has led to many fortuitous discoveries because 'o' is next to 'i', 'a' not far from 'e', and so forth. So I have stumbled serendipitously upon the very useful 'monority' - a minority of one? And 'monomum', an unpartnered mother perhaps. In the same rich vein there is 'moniac', evidently perfect for a crazy one-track mind; 'monile', which must mean single and grumbling about it; and 'movile', one of those phones with absolutely foul ringtones that go off just when you are watching the film.
Accidentally missing, supplementary or supplanted letters also evoke satisfying reflection. 'Televasion' - of course! What the children do when they should be doing homework. 'Boald' surely means both old and bald. 'Clarifiction' is what you get when you ask a politician for clarification, and a 'lawnmaker' is a good term for a Government Minster rusticated for fiddling expenses or challenging the Prime Minister. As I move my finger hopefully towards the letter 'i', I get the word 'funger'. A partygoer looking for a good time?
'Equainted' can only mean that one has had a proper introduction to computers. You can see there is some way to go before we have reached the Last Word, thank Gid.
Keith Evetts