I am actually unaware of which key to hit to get that special character, although this keyboard has a / key where I expect the corner of the shift or hard return to be, which ends up with me typing
Hi, how are you/ I had a good morning/1
instead of
Hi, how are you? I had a good morning!
Drives me batty! But I didn't realize I had the "Canadian" keyboard until after I got the otherwise-awesome laptop, so.
The one I don't get is "When the cat comes back the next day." Anyone want to explain that one?
I get the feeling that Surrey is kind of...oh hell, I have a *feeling* that the word "Surrey" invokesm but don't know how to explain it. It's kind of one of the non-awesome portions of Greater Vancouver, I gather, not in the economically depressed way so much as the lifeless, soulless way...but I don't think I'm describing it well. Someone native to the region, help?
OH I bet that's what mine does when it suddenly decides to be weird! I am never sure if it's the French-Canadien keyboard or the fact I've got mine set to "International" (with the umlaut shortkeys and such) and sometimes it wants to not do that when it's supposed to.
Left-CTRL/left-SHIFT, I'll keep an eye out for that!
AHA! I've always thought it hit on that combo randomly, but that must be it. With my typing speed I don't even know I've done it until I'm getting those damn És!
So I was just getting annoyed at my keyboard for being in French again, and then I remembered that once upon a time someone on dreamwidth told me how to fix that. So I dug up this comment and OMG IT WORKS. Best. Day. Ever. Thank you!
I've seen #180 before over on Tumblr and was v. confused by it being a Canadian thing. (I'm USian, for reference -- Tennessean originally, if region matters). Shoes are not a thing you wear in the house, in general, and they sure as hell aren't a thing you wear in someone else's house. I mean, I run barefoot everywhere anyway but that's not even the point, the point is not being an ass who tracks dirt in all over someone else's house.
I dunno, I mean, I have heard of this being a thing other (USian) people do, but I was brought up that it's very rude.
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Forget the cat coming back (which I now link much more to Fred Penner than to NFB, damn you, childrens' cds)... I'm still wondering where all those log-drivers are that are supposed to be in the town this evening.
Oy! A close friend had her life saved by a black fly, thus proving that against all the odds for every thing there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven.
In May/June 1985 a friend and I had the three week VIA rail pass which allowed us to travel by rail across Canada for what was, even in those days, the surprisingly great value of $CAN 320*. A week or so after our return, she was troubled by a lump at the back of her head and took it to the doctor. Who said, effectively, "the lump is an inflamed black-fly bite; here's some ointment and there's nothing to worry about. But what we're going to rush you into hospital for emergency surgery is the six-inch ovarian cyst I've just detected."
*We could afford the ticket but not to eat in the dining car, so had to take food which would not go off, which could be eaten cold without preparation and which preferably came in tins, for ease of transportation. When the annals of the trip come to be written "Across Canada by Sardine" is likely to be the title.
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Shoes! In the house! I still do it sometimes when I'm in a hurry, but it always feels All Wrong.
Surrey! LOL
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Hi, how are you/ I had a good morning/1
instead of
Hi, how are you?
I had a good morning!
Drives me batty! But I didn't realize I had the "Canadian" keyboard until after I got the otherwise-awesome laptop, so.
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This is amazing.
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(Seriously though, what's up with Surrey?)
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I get the feeling that Surrey is kind of...oh hell, I have a *feeling* that the word "Surrey" invokesm but don't know how to explain it. It's kind of one of the non-awesome portions of Greater Vancouver, I gather, not in the economically depressed way so much as the lifeless, soulless way...but I don't think I'm describing it well. Someone native to the region, help?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bETCusT5kNM
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Is shoes in the house an American thing?
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Left-CTRL/left-SHIFT, I'll keep an eye out for that!
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Help.
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I dunno, I mean, I have heard of this being a thing other (USian) people do, but I was brought up that it's very rude.
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I especially like #179 -- I've had that happen to me a few times.
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not enough cheddar for the apple pie
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*sits at your feet and listens eagerly*
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*We could afford the ticket but not to eat in the dining car, so had to take food which would not go off, which could be eaten cold without preparation and which preferably came in tins, for ease of transportation. When the annals of the trip come to be written "Across Canada by Sardine" is likely to be the title.