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| gehzumteufel |
| I have been noticing as of late, a few people I know that aren't from the US use the ` as opposed to the ' in contractions. It doesn't make sense to me why, but anyone have any ideas? |
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| Sunsnail |
like this:
i have many car`s |
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| iTranscendence |
| Could be a code issue, kinda like when something is written on linux then uploaded into a web server quotations get ed up. |
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| Sushipunk |
Yeah, I've noticed that too.
One possibility could be posting from a phone and using the wrong symbol? Or is the ` symbol often used in coding, and therefore people use it out of habit? |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by iTranscendence
Could be a code issue, kinda like when something is written on linux then uploaded into a web server quotations get ed up. |
Nah, it is people specifically using the wrong key. The ` = the key next to the 1 and the ' is the " is the one next to enter.
Sunsnail: Yep, exactly. |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by gehzumteufel
Nah, it is people specifically using the wrong key. The ` = the key next to the 1 and the ' is the " is the one next to enter.
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He meant what I kinda said too - That it might be used out of habit if it`s somebody who writes a lot of code? |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sushipunk
He meant what I kinda said too - That it might be used out of habit if it`s somebody who writes a lot of code? |
One of the people specifically I can think of, not at all. So, maybe that is the case, I don't know. |
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| echosystm |
What programming language uses ` ? :conf:
In every programming language I know, I use ' constantly, but never `. |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by echosystm
What programming language uses ` ? :conf:
In every programming language I know, I use ' constantly, but never `. |
Even better! My interest is piqued even more. And just for the sake of being clear and not assuming too much, what languages do you know? |
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| Mr.Mystery |
| bcuz their dum |
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| echosystm |
| quote: | Originally posted by gehzumteufel
Even better! My interest is piqued even more. And just for the sake of being clear and not assuming too much, what languages do you know? |
Java, PHP, Perl, C++
"Never" was an overexageration. Of course, you do use ` in those languages, but it's not so frequent that you forget what ' is. In PHP, I use ' more than " lol.
Anyway, people from outside the US and other English countries probably have no concept of ' in their alphabet. Either that or ` is used constantly in their language (eg. as an accent in Italian) so they just use it when they type English too. |
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| Sushipunk |
| Maybe lefties show a preference for using it, since it`s on that side of the keyboard? |
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