I know about my English, many of my wordings sound strange to me too, but often I can't think of any way to paraphrase them. When I concentrate on it, I'm capable of writing in understandable English too, but sometimes I just write what I think. (And believe me, often my thoughts are much more discombobulated than my wordings...)
Nevermind. I'm here to learn, but sometimes the information on ALPS switches I read gives me the feeling that even the Cherry numbering is more straightforward. At least now I realized, that the description "ALPS" does not always refer to the company, but also to the layout of the switches, and that only the complicated ones have been manufactured by the company "ALPS".
And ripster, I never accused you, it's the topic, not the wiki or your posts which keep on confusing me.