When were apostrophes dropped from the title box??

[Docreed2003]

I’ve noticed this multiple times today and it’s making me somewhat agitated because I know damn well how to use that punctuation mark and it’s making my posts look dumb!

[procon]

1. Happened to me yesterday, and without the quotation marks, it changed the meaning

of my whole thread. I thought I erred, but even on edit I could get them to stay. I think this must be a new, if undesired, "feature".

[Docreed2003]

2. That was exactly my experience as well...

Weird! That’s the first time I’ve run into that here. Sometimes special characters will drop, but not apostrophes.

[Me.]

3. You Might Find Some Answers In This Old Thread

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029119320

[Docreed2003]

4. Thanks Me.

I had noticed special characters dropping but not apostrophes. Perhaps this is the same ongoing issue!!??

[Jim__]

5. You should be able to put them back in by hand - testing: he's

They get stripped out of text that is copied into the title line. You can preview your post and then put the apostrophes back in by hand.

[Docreed2003]

6. Weird....

Because I’ve done that multiple times today...adding back the proper apostrophe and it still drops. Perhaps I need to update my phone.

[left-of-center2012]

26. "Exactly"

[procon]

7. Testing: "this is in double quotation marks", and 'this in single quotation marks'.

Well, it appears to be working today. Very strange, so maybe just the geek men at work.

[tblue37]

8. That's odd. My apostrophes stay in (as in "that's" in this subject line). nt

[Docreed2003]

10. Testing: "this is in double quotation marks", and 'this in single quotation marks'.

So my copying your text seems to work no problem...but if I type the same statement it drops...must be my phone!

[procon]

11. Maybe check your settings? Or is it a deliberate omission by the manufacturer? nt

[Make7]

9. You might need to use ' and " for titles here.

It looks like your device is not using the basic straight apostrophes - which are the only ones that seem to work here now.

Replace apostrophes with '
Replace quotes with "

[Irish_Dem]

12. It's the new english; spelling, grammar, punctuation are optional.

[Docreed2003]

13. Lmao...I could totally believe that

Sláinte!

[Irish_Dem]

14. Slainte agad-sa!

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[JimGinPA]

15. Isn't It...

sláinte agad-sa?

[Irish_Dem]

16. You are correct. I didn't notice that spell check changed it to aged. :(

[Bleacher Creature]

17. Kicking because Im having the same issue.

And I assume that “I’m” won’t have an apostrophe in the title box.

[Make7]

18. Only straight apostrophes and quotation marks work in titles.

If your device can't produce them, you can use html entities to replace them in titles.

Replace apostrophes with '
Replace quotes with "

Copy this into a reply title and see what happens:

And I assume that "I'm" won't have an apostrophe in the title box.

[Bleacher Creature]

19. And I assume that "I'm" won't have an apostrophe in the title box.

Thanks!!!

[Bleacher Creature]

20. You know what, it didn't start until I updated my iPhone software.

It must have changed the keyboard to hooked apostrophes.

Thanks again!

[Make7]

22. I'm still on iOS 10, but I found something that might help.

It looks like they are calling the curved apostrophes and quotation marks Smart Punctuation. I saw on another forum that you can turn it off in Settings > General > Keyboard > Smart Punctuation.

If you try that and it works, you should report back to let others know.

[Bleacher Creature]

23. I'm testing it now. (UPDATE: SOLVED!)

Did it work?

[rzemanfl]

25. Yes. n/t

[CottonBear]

28. I've had the same problem.

Thanks to our fellow poster for the solution!

[Docreed2003]

21. It doesnt on my end...

I still haven’t figured out what’s up

[Bleacher Creature]

24. Solved - thanks to Make 7. Hopefully it'll work for others.

See response 22:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1256&pid=13181

[guillaumeb]

27. Thats right. Youre posts do look funny that way. eom

[Tommy_Carcetti]

29. Same problem here.

Don’t know if it’s just on my phone or my PC as well.