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A fun side effect of the AZERTY layout is that, before widespread smartphones, you used to be able to tell when the French left the country to go on vacation be
by LeoPanthera 5y ago
A fun side effect of the AZERTY layout is that, before widespread smartphones, you used to be able to tell when the French left the country to go on vacation because there would be a spike in Google searches for "frqnce":
https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=frqnce https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=frqnce
This search has become less common as people take their smartphones and, hence, their own keyboards, with them.
- function_seven 5y agoI've seen countless attempts to use Google Trends to support some theory, but I don't think I've ever seen it so clear as what you linked! This is really neat. Both the seasonal spikes and the flattening that happens once smartphones became widespread.