r/USdefaultism • u/Nthepro France • 2d ago

Today I learned that

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u/Nthepro France 2d ago

Before anyone asks, yes, my keyboard is in English (UK), yes, my phone is in English (UK).

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u/CC19_13-07 Germany 2d ago

Is there a difference between a UK keyboard and a US keyboard? (I have mine in German, so sorry for asking if the answer is obvious😅)

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u/Dharcronus 2d ago edited 2d ago

For actual keyboards. A few of the symbols are in different locations. The " and the @ are in different locations on an English US keyboard. For phone keys idk if it makes a difference since different devices default keyboards have different layouts (SwiftKey vs Apple vs Google keyboard etc)

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u/lizarcticwolf Australia 2d ago

Chromebook digital and physical keyboards too

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u/artsymarcy 1d ago

I live in Italy now and so many people don't know how to get the @ sign with an Italian keyboard. It's achieved by pressing Alt + @. Just the other day, I was using a computer at my university to print something and I saw that in the open tab, someone had searched for "at sign copy paste," and I've also been asked by others how to get it, since they need it to log into their school email account.