I think it's usually called smartquotes. Which is ironically not a very smart system.
September 20, 2026 at 11:01 PM
I think it's usually called smartquotes. Which is ironically not a very smart system.
Ah-ha! I must have turned that bugger off when I got the phone. I haaaaate smartquotes.
August 18, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Ah-ha! I must have turned that bugger off when I got the phone. I haaaaate smartquotes.
also smartquotes have always been a plague there's nothing wrong with straight quotes
July 22, 2026 at 3:24 PM
also smartquotes have always been a plague there's nothing wrong with straight quotes
Today I learned how to make my Macbook *not* use open-and-close smartquotes (but to still do the automatic em-dash) and while I am still feeling like garbage from yesterday, this helped a great deal.
December 20, 2024 at 1:07 PM
Today I learned how to make my Macbook *not* use open-and-close smartquotes (but to still do the automatic em-dash) and while I am still feeling like garbage from yesterday, this helped a great deal.
Oh I love the name, because instead of ellipses (which is ellipse in plural) it's ellipse+US, which is a differently sort of multiplicity. It's very clever!
Also it lets you turn on smartquotes so you can write straight on the platform and have it match the formatting in your native word processor.
Also it lets you turn on smartquotes so you can write straight on the platform and have it match the formatting in your native word processor.
April 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Oh I love the name, because instead of ellipses (which is ellipse in plural) it's ellipse+US, which is a differently sort of multiplicity. It's very clever!
Also it lets you turn on smartquotes so you can write straight on the platform and have it match the formatting in your native word processor.
Also it lets you turn on smartquotes so you can write straight on the platform and have it match the formatting in your native word processor.
Smart quotes vs. dumb quotes - a distinction I didn’t know I’d need to learn as an author. But apparently many readers will be incensed at the use of dumb quotes.
Anyone else have an opinion? Can you tell the difference?
#smartquotes #dumbquotes #grammardebates #authorlife
Anyone else have an opinion? Can you tell the difference?
#smartquotes #dumbquotes #grammardebates #authorlife
August 20, 2024 at 10:23 PM
Smart quotes vs. dumb quotes - a distinction I didn’t know I’d need to learn as an author. But apparently many readers will be incensed at the use of dumb quotes.
Anyone else have an opinion? Can you tell the difference?
#smartquotes #dumbquotes #grammardebates #authorlife
Anyone else have an opinion? Can you tell the difference?
#smartquotes #dumbquotes #grammardebates #authorlife
Mine likes to break on windows smartquotes, because of course people are writing up notes in word and pasting it. (yes I regexed it. But the first time it happened, it took a bit to realize what was going on.)
January 29, 2024 at 4:40 AM
Mine likes to break on windows smartquotes, because of course people are writing up notes in word and pasting it. (yes I regexed it. But the first time it happened, it took a bit to realize what was going on.)
CVE-2026-48988 - markdown-it: Quadratic complexity DoS in smartquotes rule via replaceAt string operations
CVE ID : CVE-2026-48988
Published : June 17, 2026, 8:54 p.m. | 48 minutes ago
Description : markdown-it is a Markdown parser. Versions 14.1.1 and below contain a de...
CVE ID : CVE-2026-48988
Published : June 17, 2026, 8:54 p.m. | 48 minutes ago
Description : markdown-it is a Markdown parser. Versions 14.1.1 and below contain a de...
CVE-2026-48988 - markdown-it: Quadratic complexity DoS in smartquotes rule via replaceAt string operations
markdown-it is a Markdown parser. Versions 14.1.1 and below contain a denial-of-service vulnerability when typographer: true is enabled, due to quadratic (O(n^2)) processing in the smartquotes rule. The issue stems from repeatedly modifying strings with replaceAt(), which performs O(n) slicing and concatenation per quote character. This can cause excessive CPU …
cvefeed.io
June 17, 2026 at 10:39 PM
CVE-2026-48988 - markdown-it: Quadratic complexity DoS in smartquotes rule via replaceAt string operations
CVE ID : CVE-2026-48988
Published : June 17, 2026, 8:54 p.m. | 48 minutes ago
Description : markdown-it is a Markdown parser. Versions 14.1.1 and below contain a de...
CVE ID : CVE-2026-48988
Published : June 17, 2026, 8:54 p.m. | 48 minutes ago
Description : markdown-it is a Markdown parser. Versions 14.1.1 and below contain a de...
𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. 🎨
Three simple steps: Find Property → Tell Us What You Need → Get Your Smart Quote That's it. That's the entire process. Simple, transparent, effective.
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#KeepItSimple #EasyRenovation #SmartQuotes
Three simple steps: Find Property → Tell Us What You Need → Get Your Smart Quote That's it. That's the entire process. Simple, transparent, effective.
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#KeepItSimple #EasyRenovation #SmartQuotes
October 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. 🎨
Three simple steps: Find Property → Tell Us What You Need → Get Your Smart Quote That's it. That's the entire process. Simple, transparent, effective.
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#KeepItSimple #EasyRenovation #SmartQuotes
Three simple steps: Find Property → Tell Us What You Need → Get Your Smart Quote That's it. That's the entire process. Simple, transparent, effective.
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#KeepItSimple #EasyRenovation #SmartQuotes
*shakes a RICHARDDSSSS fist* Idiot smartquotes.
December 9, 2024 at 12:24 AM
*shakes a RICHARDDSSSS fist* Idiot smartquotes.
This is your periodic reminder that smartquotes should be banished to the shadow realm and do not belong anywhere near your codebase or documentation.
June 3, 2024 at 3:53 PM
This is your periodic reminder that smartquotes should be banished to the shadow realm and do not belong anywhere near your codebase or documentation.
MEANWHILE IN VOICE CHAT DURING WEEKLY FF14:
"Colonel, it looks like you're writing a resume, but I'm dummy thicc, and the clap of my smartquotes keeps triggering the autocorrect."
"Colonel, it looks like you're writing a resume, but I'm dummy thicc, and the clap of my smartquotes keeps triggering the autocorrect."
November 16, 2024 at 2:22 AM
MEANWHILE IN VOICE CHAT DURING WEEKLY FF14:
"Colonel, it looks like you're writing a resume, but I'm dummy thicc, and the clap of my smartquotes keeps triggering the autocorrect."
"Colonel, it looks like you're writing a resume, but I'm dummy thicc, and the clap of my smartquotes keeps triggering the autocorrect."
I've already found and turned those things off, and the smartquotes haven't stopped.
March 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I've already found and turned those things off, and the smartquotes haven't stopped.
Anyone know how to turn off smartquotes in Notepad 11?
March 5, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Anyone know how to turn off smartquotes in Notepad 11?
January 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
why are you using smartquotes?
July 28, 2025 at 5:21 PM
why are you using smartquotes?
I asked a student working with me if they were had been using AI when I noticed they had used a Unicode em-dash and Unicode smartquotes in a LaTeX document. And, yup, they had been.
(If they'd written in Word and copy/pasted, it would have been the same problem, though! So it was just chance.)
(If they'd written in Word and copy/pasted, it would have been the same problem, though! So it was just chance.)
June 2, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I asked a student working with me if they were had been using AI when I noticed they had used a Unicode em-dash and Unicode smartquotes in a LaTeX document. And, yup, they had been.
(If they'd written in Word and copy/pasted, it would have been the same problem, though! So it was just chance.)
(If they'd written in Word and copy/pasted, it would have been the same problem, though! So it was just chance.)
yeah ctrl+f for " "
i think if you reformatted it that could also fuck w/ some attempts to use this system
remove all capital letters for instance, remove smartquotes & commas, add additional line breaks
i think if you reformatted it that could also fuck w/ some attempts to use this system
remove all capital letters for instance, remove smartquotes & commas, add additional line breaks
February 2, 2025 at 3:15 AM
yeah ctrl+f for " "
i think if you reformatted it that could also fuck w/ some attempts to use this system
remove all capital letters for instance, remove smartquotes & commas, add additional line breaks
i think if you reformatted it that could also fuck w/ some attempts to use this system
remove all capital letters for instance, remove smartquotes & commas, add additional line breaks
Make those smartquotes and I’ll have one please 😅
August 2, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Make those smartquotes and I’ll have one please 😅
deloitte.com. 3600 IN TXT "\226\128\156atlassian-domain-verification=TERygaFH40lyOd2hmJGtCA2w1aJwx6y7tFKDkgG/KbegUOj0NrRxiWP9wM6y3e4H\226\128\157"
#smartquotes
#smartquotes
April 26, 2025 at 9:54 AM
deloitte.com. 3600 IN TXT "\226\128\156atlassian-domain-verification=TERygaFH40lyOd2hmJGtCA2w1aJwx6y7tFKDkgG/KbegUOj0NrRxiWP9wM6y3e4H\226\128\157"
#smartquotes
#smartquotes
I fucking hate SmartQuotes, or whatever the hell their called on Apple.
September 2, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I fucking hate SmartQuotes, or whatever the hell their called on Apple.
A significant improvement to Bsky muted system would be to treat SmartQuotes and real, actually apostrophes as the same character.
September 2, 2025 at 4:11 PM
A significant improvement to Bsky muted system would be to treat SmartQuotes and real, actually apostrophes as the same character.