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[sigmaleph]

random fun fact: the text fields for entering data in a website we use at work are small enough that if you enter Û, it cuts off a little bit at the top and makes it look very similar to Ü

random fun fact number 2: because of reasons i don't quite understand, most keyboards you find in Argentina have the keys labelled according to the "Spanish" layout, but operating systems are configured for the "Spanish (Latin American)" layout, which is slightly different. among other things, the keys you need to press to use ¨ and ^ are swapped.

consequence of those two random fun facts: if you, like a fool, expect the key labelled with the diaeresis to be the one you need to press to add a diaeresis to a U, plus or minus some use of the shift or alt gr keys, you just might type a Û, believe yourself to have typed a Ü, and be none the wiser until I have to check data has been entered correctly, notice the mistake, and tell you you need to do it all over again.

(I didn't tell them they needed to do it over again, I just fixed it myself. I didn't have the heart)

(I could probably reconfigure all the work computers to use a keyboard layout matching the key labelling. It'd trip up the people used to the old layout and I don't know if it'd be worth the effort)

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[wingedcatgirl]

You could also swap the physical keys on the hardware. But I suppose that'd also trip people up, if they were relying on looking at the labels. Touch-typers would be fine, though.