Re: Why Ctrl-v for Paste?!

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From: Andy Burns
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 08:46

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gtaxin wrote:

> in AD MCMXCIX Adrian Thompson wrote:
>
>> Can anyone out there tell me why Windows uses Ctrl-V as a keyboard 
>> shortcut for Paste? >
> V stands for Vipectus which is latin for paste> 

So why don't we have Ctrl-S for cut? Where S stands for secare ...

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