Ministry strives to find the key to perfect prose

The French are known for being sticklers about the correct use of language, but they have discovered something is getting in the way of perfect prose: the AZERTY keyboard.

A report from the Communications Ministry said the layout of French keyboards makes it "nearly impossible to write in correct French."

With the French unable to capitalize accented letters, or write crucial symbols - or those that are just useful like the euro sign - the government wants to tweak the keyboard's layout.