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Because I‘m German and that‘s the way we use them in Germany. So my German mobile keyboard does this automatically, yes. Oftentimes I change it in English messa
by doener 2y ago
Because I‘m German and that‘s the way we use them in Germany. So my German mobile keyboard does this automatically, yes. Oftentimes I change it in English messages, sometimes it slips.
- bflesch 2y agoI'm also German and have never seen such weird quotes. Maybe this is some weird windows charset issue but definitely not widespread way of quoting text.
- dxyms 2y agoIt definitely exists in German as well as some other European countries, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quotation_mark https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quotation_mark I checked a few German newspapers, some use it, some don’t
- actionfromafar 2y agoI don't know why, but in my browser, the closing quote is showed correctly (forward slanting) in the edit box, but backwards slanting when submitted. Weird. „how“
- vanderZwan 2y agoDifferent fonts, most likely (I can't say for sure because I customized the CSS for HN using the Stylus browser extension)