Upside down keystroke
By Marsha
@MarshaMusselman (38865)
Midland, Michigan
December 4, 2020 4:46pm CST
I was writing a response and this happened to my question mark by accident.
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Anyone know how this might have happened? I've no idea unless it's like when I hesitated in using the light switch and blew a bulb. I thought I blew a ballast but for one set of lights that wasn't the case. I've yet to find out about my hall light which is beyond my reach.
My hands shake a little and I think that's how I got the upside down keystroke. Any ideas?
Edit: owl helped me find it again so I wrote another post of your interested.
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11 responses
@owlwings (43897)
• Cambridge, England
5 Dec 20
Is your phone an iPhone or an Android? The inverted query is accessed on an iPhone by holding your finger on the normal query symbol and selecting the inverted version from the bubble that pops up. On an Android, its on the second symbol menu in the same place as the normal query symbol.
On a PC it can be inserted as a special character from the Character Map or by using Alt+168 - '¿'.
In case you are wondering what earthly use it is, it's used in Spanish to start a question with the normal query used to end it like this: "¿Como se llama?"
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
6 Dec 20
Thanks, u almost missed your response or is hiding in the bottom of my phone's notifs. I have an Android and will look again.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
6 Dec 20
¿ I found it. In mine it follows your I phone rule with a pop-up if the finger is left on our question marks.
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@porwest (112780)
• United States
6 Dec 20
@MarshaMusselman Hmm. That makes it even more strange.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
6 Dec 20
I found the answer and shared it to one and all
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
5 Dec 20
I don't expect anyone still know. Supposedly there's a way with a desktop and using the alt key but I use my phone to mylot.
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@rebelann (117206)
• El Paso, Texas
5 Dec 20
Ohhh, ok, I'll just have to clown around with my keyboard @MarshaMusselman Good tip, thanks.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
6 Dec 20
It's a pop-up on the normal questionnaire when your finger lingers on the regular one. This is in phones. Owl explained in his response to my discussion.
@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
5 Dec 20
I have no idea but it is kind of cool.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
5 Dec 20
Neither did I but it's kind of fun.
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@popciclecold (40215)
• United States
6 Dec 20
That is odd, I use my phone it's never happened to me.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
6 Dec 20
I think my shaky finger did cause it after all as it must have remained on the key longer than normal. Depending on your phone determined how it might be done. I can do it anytime now.
¿¿ They are popups under or over the ?
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Possibly you pressed the ALT key while typing and you got the special character.@LadyDuck (502208)
• Italy
5 Dec 20
@MarshaMusselman I thought you were typing on your computer, I know nothing about smartphones, I never had a look at the character set of my phone.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
6 Dec 20
@LadyDuck it's not a character on my phone.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
5 Dec 20
There is no alt key on my phone. My finger did shake a little while typing but otherwise I didn't press anything unusual.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
5 Dec 20
I doubt it's from a shaky hand. That's interesting it did that. Maybe you hit a shortcut key that gave you that upside-down question mark.
