Posted by Neredbojias on 11/14/05 01:29

With neither quill nor qualm, Jonathan N. Little quothed:

> Hywel Jenkins wrote:
> <snip>
> > That's not a standard QUERTY keyboard. None of the rows on my keyboard
> > start with ~, nor do any of them end with it. As well-intended those
> > instructions are, they're wasted on anyone without the ability to
> > correctly operate their keyboard, a device that has somehow bee used by
> > millions of people around the world for tens of years.
> >
>
> The key is '`' with the SHIFT-[version] '~' tilde, just thought the
> tilde character was more distinctive and readily recognizable than the
> back-single-quote. Also thought the sarcasm was really apparent without
> the addition of emoticons.

What emoticons? Besides, Hywel's British. They're not emotional but
fundamental.

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Neredbojias
Contrary to popular belief, it is believable.

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