quote:Originally posted by Xochiquetzal:
But what's it for?!*frustration*
It`s a "grave accent".
Grave to rhyme with suave or carve.
Used in French grammar over some vowels.
It`s a "grave accent".
Grave to rhyme with suave or carve.
Used in French grammar over some vowels.
This just don't look right:
I`ve got Susan`s dentures. They`re saying don`t eat me.
(Apologies to anyone named Susan with dentures)
I`ve got Susan`s dentures. They`re saying don`t eat me.
(Apologies to anyone named Susan with dentures)
quote:Originally posted by brisket:quote:Originally posted by Xochiquetzal:
But what's it for?!
It`s a "grave accent".
Grave to rhyme with suave or carve.
Used in French grammar over some vowels.
Ta brisket... but how do you place it over the vowel then... (Mac user here)?
That French accent thingy is different altogether... PatÃĐ....<<<To get the accent over the "e" I press ctrl and alt whilst pressing the "e"....I thought it was the same on all keyboards.
ctrl+alt+e=ÃĐ
Doing it the other way you end up with Pat`e...or Pate`
ctrl+alt+e=ÃĐ
Doing it the other way you end up with Pat`e...or Pate`
quote:Originally posted by Karma_:
This just don't look right:
I`ve got Susan`s dentures. They`re saying don`t eat me.
(Apologies to anyone named Susan with dentures)
Apology accepted.
quote:Originally posted by Pol Pot Noodle:quote:Originally posted by Karma_:
This just don't look right:
I`ve got Susan`s dentures. They`re saying don`t eat me.
(Apologies to anyone named Susan with dentures)
Apology accepted.
I thought your real name was Bombay Bad Boy
quote:Originally posted by Xochiquetzal:
Ta brisket... but how do you place it over the vowel then... (Mac user here)?
Hi Xoch:
I am not a MAC user but I have found this:
"On a Mac, to get a character, such as à , the user must type Option-` and then the vowel. For example, to make à , the user must type Option-` and then 'a', and to make Ã, the user must type Option-` and then Shift-a."
On Microsoft Word:
CTRL+`(accent grave), then the letter or the LETTER
(It won`t do it on here though. But it does it in Word.)
Regards
quote:Originally posted by electric6:
That French accent thingy is different altogether... PatÃĐ....<<<To get the accent over the "e" I press ctrl and alt whilst pressing the "e"....I thought it was the same on all keyboards.
ctrl+alt+e=ÃĐ
Doing it the other way you end up with Pat`e...or Pate`
Thanks leccy! Trying it for size now...
pat
````
nope... not on my Mac!
Good job I don't have much cause to use it then! 
Are we confusing a single quote with an apostrophe?
quote:Originally posted by Dave - GaGa:
Are we confusing a single quote with an apostrophe?
Probably.
When handwriting I'd use ' as a single quote..obviously there is the double "...and I would say that ` is an apostrophe but I don't like the gap when typed.
Xochiquetzal, what if you get a burning desire to make a post about BeyoncÃĐ eating patÃĐ whilst playing PokÃĐmon in a cafÃĐ?
quote:Originally posted by Dave - GaGa:
Are we confusing a single quote with an apostrophe?
Yes, but it looks more like an apostrophe than `
quote:Originally posted by Dave - GaGa:
Are we confusing a single quote with an apostrophe?
Don't you start! Yes we are, but it's for aesthetic reasons... that's my excuse anyway!
I'm currently going mad to accent vowels on my Mac! Grrrr!
quote:Originally posted by Cinds:quote:Originally posted by pepsi:
I just found mine tonight, it was like the epiphany I had when I found....well ...you know when I found my other thing that can be as elusive as that `
I just couldn't stop pressing it
That was funny!
I hate you all
It was dead funny Cinds but I was busy showing of my ÃĐ skills! 
quote:Originally posted by electric6:
It was dead funny Cinds but I was busy showing of my ÃĐ skills!
Show off, thats like the 'squirting' of the ` pressing, I hate you.quote:Originally posted by Cinds:quote:Originally posted by electric6:
It was dead funny Cinds but I was busy showing of my ÃĐ skills!
Hahahahaha
quote:
I thought your real name was Bombay Bad Boy
Not on Tuesdays.
quote:Originally posted by electric6:quote:Originally posted by Dave - GaGa:
Are we confusing a single quote with an apostrophe?
Probably.
When handwriting I'd use ' as a single quote..obviously there is the double "...and I would say that ` is an apostrophe but I don't like the gap when typed.
Xochiquetzal, what if you get a burning desire to make a post about BeyoncÃĐ eating patÃĐ whilst playing PokÃĐmon in a cafÃĐ?
In the extremely unlikely possibility of this event, I shall simply refrain from telling anyone... for more than keyboard ineptitude reasons!
The accent on patÃĐ is an acute accent, ` that is a grave slopes the other way as in derriÃĻre.quote:Originally posted by electric6:
That French accent thingy is different altogether... PatÃĐ....<<<To get the accent over the "e" I press ctrl and alt whilst pressing the "e"....I thought it was the same on all keyboards.
ctrl+alt+e=ÃĐ
Doing it the other way you end up with Pat`e...or Pate`
quote:Originally posted by Karma_:
Hello.
Just wanted to ask a question. Why do some of you use the back to front apostrophe thingy and not the one everyone else uses?
Ta.
Your majesty, one does, what one can, with what one is given.
quote:Originally posted by Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing:
The accent on patÃĐ is an acute accent, ` that is a grave slopes the other way as in derriÃĻre.
Oh yes, I realise that...I'm talking about keyboard shortcuts though.
The one next to the 1 doesn't put it above it does it to the side. I only know the shortcut for ÃĐ and thought you had to have a language pack or fiddle with settings to get the other one?
Use 'character map' or ALT+(the appropriate number)quote:Originally posted by brisket:quote:Originally posted by Xochiquetzal:
Ta brisket... but how do you place it over the vowel then... (Mac user here)?
Hi Xoch:
I am not a MAC user but I have found this:
"On a Mac, to get a character, such as à , the user must type Option-` and then the vowel. For example, to make à , the user must type Option-` and then 'a', and to make Ã, the user must type Option-` and then Shift-a."
On Microsoft Word:
CTRL+`(accent grave), then the letter or the LETTER
(It won`t do it on here though. But it does it in Word.)
Regards
Ooo! Look what I can do now though!
`Âī`Âī`Âī`Âī
`Âī`Âī`Âī`Âī
On the keyboard the apostrophe and the single quote are the same thing,but some people are apparently using the grave accent ` instead of the single quote/apostrophe. 'quote:Originally posted by BROXI:quote:Originally posted by Dave - GaGa:
Are we confusing a single quote with an apostrophe?
Yes, but it looks more like an apostrophe than `
i have the use of one hand ... does that help??
quote:Originally posted by paace:quote:Originally posted by Karma_:
Hello.
Just wanted to ask a question. Why do some of you use the back to front apostrophe thingy and not the one everyone else uses?
Ta.
Your majesty, one does, what one can, with what one is given.
My ex tried the same excuse and that failed miserably too
ALT+138=ÃĻ
That doesn't work on my keyboard Fluffy.
`
Found it.
Found it.
Is this symbol ` the keyboard equivelent of the G spot.
*** tries rubbing it ***
quote:Originally posted by Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing:On the keyboard the apostrophe and the single quote are the same thing,but some people are apparently using the grave accent ` instead of the single quote/apostrophe. 'quote:Originally posted by BROXI:quote:Originally posted by Dave - GaGa:
Are we confusing a single quote with an apostrophe?
Yes, but it looks more like an apostrophe than `
You're right, and I was the one doing the confusing.
It's a grave situation.
quote:Originally posted by Blizzie:
`
Found it.
A lot of us found it tonight Blousey...
I've just had an awful time trying to make it 'a,e, i,o, u'
Apparently it's like a walnut.
quote:Originally posted by Xochiquetzal:
A lot of us found it tonight Blousey...
I've just had an awful time trying to make it 'a,e, i,o, u'
Problem with your vowels, Pam?
quote:Originally posted by Blizzie:quote:Originally posted by Xochiquetzal:
A lot of us found it tonight Blousey...
I've just had an awful time trying to make it 'a,e, i,o, u'
Problem with your vowels, Pam?
Just having problems with my strokes Blousey...
quote:Originally posted by Xochiquetzal:
Just having problems with my strokes Blousey...
Just lie back and think of Mesoamerica.
quote:Originally posted by Pol Pot Noodle:
Apparently it's like a walnut.
Only comes at Christmas
quote:Originally posted by Blizzie:quote:Originally posted by Xochiquetzal:
Just having problems with my strokes Blousey...
Just lie back and think of Mesoamerica.
*splutters tea* I'll try that, or get a eunuch on the job...