I recently had the dubious honour of attempting to use a
French keyboard. And by “recently” I mean today. I am now, in fact. And by
“attempting” I mean “failing miserably”. And by “dubious” I mean that it was
neither a genuine honour nor of my own volition.
You see, my cherished laptop is about four years old, and in this micro-lifecycle era
that's ancient. Deciding its time was up, it threw in the electronic towel the other day, thus forcing
me to buy a new one. I would happily have continued using it for many more
years, but it suddenly refused to start one day, which rather settles the
matter in the manufacturers’ favour.
