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21. Thanks for working all that out ! I kind of figured it was a character set issue, and guessed 'smart' quotes ...

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 01:55 AM

9 hrs ago

... because that came up once before, quite a long time ago. But then it started to seem *maybe* more complicated than that.

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I was wondering that too Lifeafter70 14 hrs ago #1

Can you link to one? Renew Deal 13 hrs ago #7

It was earlier this afternoon Lifeafter70 13 hrs ago #9

In your browser menu canetoad 14 hrs ago #2

Thanks, I'm using Safari at the moment. Switch to Firefox for bigger jobs. nt eppur_se_muova 14 hrs ago #3

Is this the thread? Renew Deal 13 hrs ago #8

That was one I saw but there were others. Lifeafter70 13 hrs ago #10

Pasting one of the offending lines from that post: Renew Deal 13 hrs ago #11

Try editing that post and you'll see the issue AZJonnie 11 hrs ago #20

Just fyi ... Tasmanian Devil 12 hrs ago #15

On that page, I see the problem - I don't know what causes it. Jim__ 13 hrs ago #12

Could be tracking code that's getting passed through Renew Deal 13 hrs ago #13

You should re-post this in the DU Community Help forum. Wednesdays 13 hrs ago #5

Maybe you have a bad browser extension? Renew Deal 13 hrs ago #6

Unlikely, because Wednesdays 12 hrs ago #14

MS didn't invent the characters that are the 'curly' quotes AZJonnie 9 hrs ago #24