Re: Why Ctrl-v for Paste?!

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From: Bob Eager
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2018 10:13

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On Wed, 31 Jan 2018 22:46:30 -0800, Gene Wirchenko wrote:

> 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?

Ah, but X looks more like scissors...



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