Re: Why Ctrl-v for Paste?!

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From: Trog Woolley
Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2016 17:05

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While stranded on the hard shoulder of the information super highway i...@witzend.com typed: 
> In article <3c34ab47-c238-4846...@googlegroups.com>,
>  13660mon...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> ctrl+c copy ctrl+v verbatim 
>
> Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's an afterism ...
>
> Isaac

Well, ctrl+p was already taken with print so they needed something else.
I think they chose v simply because it is next to c (copy) and x (cut).
I think x is cut because it is supposed to look like a pair of scissors.

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Trog Woolley | (A Croweater stuck in Pommie Land)

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