Re: Why Ctrl-v for Paste?!

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From: Gene Wirchenko
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2018 06:46

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On Wed, 31 Jan 2018 08:46:41 +0000, Andy Burns <use...@andyburns.uk>
wrote:

>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 ...

     How about Ctrl-C for cut?

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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