` instead of '

[RadiclDreamer]

And the Dutch.

There are only two kinds of people I dont like....

People who are intolerant of other peoples cultures and the Dutch

 

[JoPh]

go netherlands!

 

[RichUK]

"used mostly by British people"?

You, sir, are a 'tard.

 

[IronWing]

Apostrophe apostasy!

 

[zoiks]

`ow is this a problem?

 

[PlasmaBomb]

Yeah... It took me a little too. I was like, "Uh... I don't see the problem but why are you using that wei...ooohhhhh"

` vs '?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_(symbol)

It's called a prime and it should not be used in place of a proper '. It's for fucking equations.

Did you even read your link??

The prime symbol ( ′ ) != `

 

[Snapster]

Shens for the Brits, however I will agree on the MS Word autocorrect feature being a pain in the arse for single and double quotes.

 

[speg]

I don't think it's a regional setting. I have ' on my quote key, and ` is way over with the ~. Don't think I've ever used ` before this post.

 

[tokie]

I don't think it's a regional setting. I have ' on my quote key, and ` is way over with the ~. Don't think I've ever used ` before this post.

Yeah, that`s what I don`t get. It`s definitely people with English keyboards doing this (Canadian/British girls, however small a minority). Is it to grab people`s attention more?

 

[Pantlegz]

what kind of retard would mix up ` with '?

 

[skace]

This doesn`t make typing any easier, that`s for sure.

 

[CoinOperatedBoy]

Yeah... It took me a little too. I was like, "Uh... I don't see the problem but why are you using that wei...ooohhhhh"

` vs '?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_%28symbol)

It's called a prime and it should not be used in place of a proper '. It's for fucking equations.

It's called a grave accent, tard.

Also, the opposing accent mark is called the acute accent, and it's different from the prime.

Apostrophe: '
Grave accent: `
Acute accent: ´
Prime: ′

 

[kalrith]

it took me like two minutes to figure out you weren't talking about the phrase "instead of".

This.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

instead of contributing to this thread I am going to crap on it.

 

[Saint Nick]

I like how AT manages to analyze every meaningless aspect of life.

It would definitely be a treat to be in a huge room full of AT'ers. A few would end up in the hospital, a few would be in a tight-knit group, the rest would just be shunned by the rest of AT, and then there would be some people just walking around, not talking to anyone.

 

[BurnItDwn]

I use a lot of back-ticks when on a ksh or bash... but I don't use them in plain english. Also, my pinkie finger can reach my back-tick key with my hands in the "home" position ...

 

[BurnItDwn]

I like how AT manages to analyze every meaningless aspect of life.

It would definitely be a treat to be in a huge room full of AT'ers. A few would end up in the hospital, a few would be in a tight-knit group, the rest would just be shunned by the rest of AT, and then there would be some people just walking around, not talking to anyone.

Don't forget ... there's also gonna be a creepy guy sitting on the floor looking at some fat chick's cankles ... He knows how to get you a free ipod though

 

[Saint Nick]

don't forget ... There's also gonna be a creepy guy sitting on the floor looking at some fat chick's cankles ... He knows how to get you a free ipod though

lol! :d

 

[CoinOperatedBoy]

I like how AT manages to analyze every meaningless aspect of life.

It would definitely be a treat to be in a huge room full of AT'ers. A few would end up in the hospital, a few would be in a tight-knit group, the rest would just be shunned by the rest of AT, and then there would be some people just walking around, not talking to anyone.

If you use a grave accent instead of an apostrophe, you should be in the shunned group. It's that bad, though perhaps not as bad as misusing an apostrophe to indicate plural's.

 

[Gothgar]

it took me like two minutes to figure out you weren't talking about the phrase "instead of".

I didn' t get it till you posted this

 

[Alone]

Keyboard accidentally switches to French and gives me the shit apostrophe wannabe.

 

[mb]

I didn' t get it till you posted this

Yeah it`s weird how confused I was `bout this thread.