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Karl Eichwalder <keichwa@gmx.net> writes:

> I guess you're talking about computer usage ;)  In previous times, there
> was a typewriter offering apostrophe (w/o direction) and accents only.
> Then people started to misuse the grave accent as left single quote.

No. This usage pre-dates the typewriter, the convention is used both
in manuscript and printing presses.