And lo on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 03:38:10 -0000, nemesis  
<nam### [at] gmailcom> did spake, saying:

> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>> Tor Olav Kristensen wrote:
>> > V is therefore not a bad choice for Paste.
>> > X is therefore not a bad choice for Cut.
>>
>> Mmmmm. Geek ret-conning. :-)
>
> he's right.  V looks like an arrow pointing down, like "place it here".   
> And X
> is for eXtract.  or it could be just for the proximity...

I always thought it was becaue Ctrl+C was Copy so they just put Cut and  
Paste either side of it.

Anyway I always say that X looks like a pair of scissors, so you just  
remember "Cut, Copy, Paste" and that's it for the shortcuts.

-- 
Phil Cook

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