web spelling.. why re-invent the 's ..??

SpinnerBait_Nut

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Re: web spelling.. why re-invent the 's ..??

Originally posted by crab bait:<br /> SNAPPER.. how'^* did you type that character..??.. since it'*^ not cut & paste
You mean this ’ ?<br />It is C&P
 

SpinnerBait_Nut

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Re: web spelling.. why re-invent the 's ..??

Me thinks it's a different laungauge set-up on the software of someone's computer keyboard.
 

NYMINUTE

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Re: web spelling.. why re-invent the 's ..??

That is what you get with ebay items.
 

chuckz

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Re: web spelling.. why re-invent the 's ..??

Those are symbols in the ASCII extended character set. The server is finding characters it doesn't understand and substituting what it thinks is right. When authoring web pages punctuation marks are frequently inserted in ASCII code to prevent such display problem.
 

crab bait

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Re: web spelling.. why re-invent the 's ..??

belive me ..that'*^ why i don't own a computer.. <br /><br />i'*^ to old an to dumb an to left out..
 

snapperbait

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Re: web spelling.. why re-invent the 's ..??

Thanks L.I. Chuck... :) <br /><br />poor Crabby... :D
 
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