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[deleted] t1_itlkb09 wrote

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DiplomacyPunIn10Did OP t1_itlkyrn wrote

For good or ill, I think the layout most likely to get recognized as Canadian will be the Canadian Multilingual one instead.

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[deleted] t1_itllxhj wrote

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Tharrinne t1_ito8ley wrote

The CMS at least has the accents but it's horrible even for this Frenchie... Canadian French is in every way better (for FRENCH Canadians; IMHO and I assume). Though both are software. There's English Canadian too in there.

In Canada, the keyboards you'll find are either US layout or ISO CMS layout. I used to type on CMS with AZERTY french settings and just used the AZERTYUIOP as the home row: had the Enter close enough and all vowels in 1 row it just sucked that the shift keys were further.

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alext5 t1_itm4j96 wrote

False. I’ve never worked for the government and used that layout in the past, although I’m functional with the two Canadian layouts along with “US layout” if I am only working in a terminal with no accents :)

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Travis_Cauthon t1_itlq4oz wrote

There could be a good reason for that (other than 'Merica which is an amazing reason) which is the layout was likely conceived in the good old US. (Edit the "American amazing" thing is a joke)

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rasvial t1_itmfb1f wrote

Idk why you're getting downvotes..

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/QWERTY#:~:text=The%20QWERTY%20layout%20was%20devised,Soul%C3%A9.

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JaccoW t1_itmtosy wrote

Mostly because "'Merica is an amazing reason" is the kind of cockiness that's not particularly funny to the rest of the world. Kind of cringe really.

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Duhlune t1_itn81b9 wrote

Is there not satire in other countries?

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Tharrinne t1_ito90bk wrote

What's this "other countries" you speak of?

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Qbopper t1_itluibt wrote

I am the #1 anti US defaultism poster, but tbf, we have Canadian layouts that have french on the keys as well

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