> > > Bea'We have @ " in the *wrong* places on
> > the keyboard, apparently..."sty
> >
> > Oh? Oh? Where is it "@"? (nyuk nyuk) No
> > doubt Maryam informed you that our "@" is
> > copuled with the "2" key. We have to type
> > Shift-2 to get it.
> >
> > Gri"@ WROK"shny
>
> It's where the quotation mark is on the American keyboard--i.e., shift-apostrophe. Which means the quotation mark is over the 2, just like on the old C64.
>
> Don't ask me why I know this, having lived in the US all my life. heh.
>
> It could be worse, though: it *could* be the keyboard layout used across the Channel in France. I've seen it shown in my French textbook, and it looks something like this:
>
> ²&é"'(-è_çà)=
> AZERTYUIOP^$
> QSDFGHJKLMù*
> WXCVBN,;:!
> Yes, you guessed it-- you have to hold Shift to get to the numbers on the top row.
>
> -- codeman"help1 ,y keyboqrd is ,esseeeed up1"38

Actually, I think you hold shift to get the special characters, not the other way around... But I've never seen an AZERTY keyboard first hand.

(We use French-Canadian or billingual, the later being a PAIN IN THE BOTOOOOOM!) AZERTY has the letter placed in a French way, and it's easier to type in French with those. I've heard.

Anyway.

Etienne