Re: Why Ctrl-v for Paste?!

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From: Quadibloc
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 06:18

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On Saturday, January 24, 2015 at 4:55:46 PM UTC-7, Stephen Sprunk wrote:
> 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.

I really, really, find it hard to believe that this was the original reason 
that particular character was chosen.

John Savard

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