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And yet more people get Superman's planet and Popeye's girlfriend... Maybe it's because in some countries the QWERTY is actually QWERTZ (German-speaking countries) or even AZERTY (France, if I'm not mistaken). Not to mention the countries where, the Latin alphabet is not the main one...
Not everybody realises that qwerty refers to the keyboard? Also no, not all devices come with the "standard english keyboard layout", there are *loads* of alternatives. Check http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_layout .
"La Concorde" is not the obelisk, it's the square it's on - the "place de la Concorde". The obelisk itself can be referred to as either the "obélisque de la (place de la) Concorde", or "obélisque de Louxor".
There was an absolutely fiendish clue in the Saturday's New York Times puzzle: "Line just before a comma".
The answer: ZXCVBNM
It took me ages because it looked like such utter nonsense --- I questioned, hesitated and doubted over every crossing clue. Hours later, I finally realized it was referencing the bottom row of the QWERTY keyboard.
*looks at keyboard*
The answer: ZXCVBNM
It took me ages because it looked like such utter nonsense --- I questioned, hesitated and doubted over every crossing clue. Hours later, I finally realized it was referencing the bottom row of the QWERTY keyboard.