Re: Why Ctrl-v for Paste?!

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From: Bob Eager
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 17:10

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On Fri, 23 Jan 2015 16:16:46 +0000, Chris J Dixon wrote:

> Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
> 
>>	Interesting theory - I think the reason has to do with the 
keyboard
>>layout. X, C and V are adjacent and in easy reach of the left hand with
>>the little finger on the control key (X is delete, C is copy and V is
>>paste)
> 
> and "V" can easily be imagined as an insertion symbol.

I always think of it as the end of a little paste brush.

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