On the German (QWERTZ) keyboard, the y and z keys are switched round. The punctuation is also all over the place, scattered around because the Germans have dedicated keys for ö, ä, ü, and ß. When I am using IM, I often make weird mistakes like "_" instead of "?", etc. I have to explain that it's because of the German keyboard. I am trying to decide on a shorthand.
Should I call it "the kezboard" or "the kezböärd"? The first is truer-to-life, but the second looks cooler and is more obviously German. If I were using AZERTY like the French, I would probably write kéyboqrd rather than the simple keyboqrd. Of course, if I were using AZERTY, I would also have to hit the shift key every time I wanted to type a period. And nobody wants that kind of life.
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