Re: Why Ctrl-v for Paste?!

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From: Stephen Sprunk
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 23:55

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On 24-Jan-15 13:50, bert wrote:
> mo_b...@mogadore.net wrote:
>> Adrian Thompson wrote:
>>> Can anyone out there tell me why Windows uses Ctrl-V as a 
>>> keyboard shortcut for Paste?
>> 
>> CTRL V is abbreviation of Control Vipectus. "Vipectus" is latin
>> for "paste
> 
> My Latin dictionary doesn't have "vipectus" or anything like it. It 
> says that "paste" is "farina chartaria", or loosely speaking "flour 
> [to apply] to paper".

When I Google "vipectus", 7/10 links on the first page reference that
meaning; one says that's wrong and it's really "βία πηκτικός" ("via
pektikos", to force to congeal).  The other two weren't relevant.

S

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