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The Dreaded Apostrophe

BY Peter O'DonnellFri Feb 1, 2008
This blog is written by a member of our blogging community and expresses that member's views alone.

On behalf of the many Irish members whose names include apostrophes, I'm wondering what can be done to fix how the website handles this character.

Imagine my horror to see the message, 'Welcome back Peter O'Donnell' - can't something be done about that?

True, it may be an artifact of the old system - perhaps even my original sign-up - but I can't imagine I'm the only person affected by this problem. I also realize that, if VISA corp haven't figured out how to put apostrophes on credit cards, then you aren't alone in being stumped by the dreaded character.

Hoping,

Peter O'Donnell