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What is that, anyway? That ^^^ mark used instead of an apostrophe. I just started noticing it on CD. So far I haven't even been able to find it on the keyboard.
What is that, anyway? That ^^^ mark used instead of an apostrophe. I just started noticing it on CD. So far I haven't even been able to find it on the keyboard.
On my keyboard it's on the top left under the esc key on the same key as the ~ .
"The grave accent ( ` ) (/ˈɡreɪv/ or UK /ˈɡrɑːv/)[1] is a diacritical mark used in many written languages, including Breton, Catalan, Corsican, Dutch, French, Greek (until 1982; see polytonic orthography), Italian, Macedonian, Mohawk, Norwegian, Occitan, Portuguese, Ligurian, Scottish Gaelic, Vietnamese, Welsh, Romansh and Yoruba."
When I see people use the non-word "rediculous" in blogs, I usually respond by asking if perhaps the incident in question was actually greendiculous or bluediculous, rather than rediculous. As you might imagine, I never get a response to those questions.
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Interesting take on the apostrophe
Would most women not like a luby duby and sexless marriage?
