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Re: Why Ctrl-v for Paste?!

From John Floren <jfloren@eternal-september.org>
Newsgroups alt.folklore.computers
Subject Re: Why Ctrl-v for Paste?!
Date 2020-03-09 12:56 -0600
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <877dzt1hmz.fsf@thufir.floren.lan> (permalink)
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robin.vowels@gmail.com writes:

> On Thursday, January 7, 1999 at 7:00:00 PM UTC+11, Adrian Thompson wrote:
>> Hi.
>> Can anyone out there tell me why Windows uses Ctrl-V as a keyboard 
>> shortcut for Paste?
>
> Because CTRL-P was used to print.
>
>> I've just been asked by one fo the children here, and 
>> I realised I have no idea!
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> 
>> Adrian Thompson

I'd say that at 21 years old, this is one of the oldest necro'd posts
I've ever seen on the Usenet; a bit of meta-folklore, perhaps!

john

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Re: Why Ctrl-v for Paste?! robin.vowels@gmail.com - 2020-03-08 15:51 -0700
  Re: Why Ctrl-v for Paste?! John Floren <jfloren@eternal-september.org> - 2020-03-09 12:56 -0600
    Re: Why Ctrl-v for Paste?! Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2020-03-10 09:30 -0400
      Re: Why Ctrl-v for Paste?! JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2020-03-10 08:46 -0500
      Re: Why Ctrl-v for Paste?! Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-03-10 15:32 +0000
        Re: Why Ctrl-v for Paste?! Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2020-03-10 18:38 +0000
          Re: Why Ctrl-v for Paste?! Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2020-03-11 08:01 -0400
            Re: Why Ctrl-v for Paste?! Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2020-03-11 16:09 +0000
          Re: Why Ctrl-v for Paste?! robin.vowels@gmail.com - 2020-03-11 18:22 -0700
            Re: Why Ctrl-v for Paste?! nobody@example.org (Scott) - 2020-03-12 14:53 +0000

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