Thing is, we got all sorts of different keyboards, right? So in Québec we have keyboards that allow easy and fast access to the é, ç, è, ü, ô and all that sort of funky stuff ;)
There is a specific key for é, and then for the others we only have to press the «accent» key and then the vowel and voila! ;)
I have used azerty keyboards as well as english keyboards and I was sooo confused - as well as very much frustrated at not being able to use my funky french stuff (with the latter). And in order to use my irish gaelic fonts, I needed to integrate (as software) a special keyboard to which I could have access with alt + shift. If I had not done this, it would take me an eternity to write basic mutated letters like ċ, ḋ, ḟ, ġ, ṁ, ṗ, ṡ, ṫ, not to mention their ſ and ɼ ! :D
Re: Stupid American Question
Thing is, we got all sorts of different keyboards, right? So in Québec we have keyboards that allow easy and fast access to the é, ç, è, ü, ô and all that sort of funky stuff ;)
There is a specific key for é, and then for the others we only have to press the «accent» key and then the vowel and voila! ;)
I have used azerty keyboards as well as english keyboards and I was sooo confused - as well as very much frustrated at not being able to use my funky french stuff (with the latter). And in order to use my irish gaelic fonts, I needed to integrate (as software) a special keyboard to which I could have access with alt + shift. If I had not done this, it would take me an eternity to write basic mutated letters like ċ, ḋ, ḟ, ġ, ṁ, ṗ, ṡ, ṫ, not to mention their ſ and ɼ ! :D