Re: Why Ctrl-v for Paste?!

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From: Andrew Swallow
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2018 10:48

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On 01/02/2018 06:46, 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?
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Gene Wirchenko
> 

May be Copy got their first.

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