Tilde key, backtick switched?

Hi
Does anyone know why my tilde ` key is now switched with my § back tick key?
I am running just British (real) English (be good to change the other name to American English)
I do not think I have altered keyboard shortcuts in system OS
Ant ideas?
Tris

Found my fix: http://discussions.info.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1203002&tstart=0&messageI D=6327198#6327198

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*EDIT* I just checked in Sakura and Vim registers and displays tilde after double-presses, and accents need to be completed with a space (not a big deal for me). Now I just need to figure out why rxvt-unicode isn't doing the same. Any suggestions on where to start?
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urxvt*color6: #418179
urxvt*color7: #bebebe
urxvt*color8: #666666
urxvt*color9: #cf6171
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urxvt*color11: #fff796
urxvt*color12: #4186be
urxvt*color13: #cf9ebe
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urxvt*color15: #ffffff
urxvt*fading: 40
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urxvt*shading: 0
urxvt*inheritPixmap: 0
urxvt*scrollBar: 0
urxvt*geometry: 81x22
urxvt*saveLines:1000
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