why backtiks for a word?

[zeal]

On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 7:50 PM, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday at crashcourse.ca> wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Jul 2011, zeal wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 6:29 PM, Mulyadi Santosa
>> <mulyadi.santosa at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 07:49, zeal <zealcook at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> Hi list,
>> >>
>> >> We often see that `a word what you like'. But i get confused on it.
>> >> Why is it `word' but not 'word' or what else?
>> >
>> > in which context do you ask above? bash? C? else? or something
>> > unrelated to programming?
>>
>> Hmm, not in bash. In some documents, or comments in the source code.
>> eg. I love `linux'. A reverse quotation (`) and a quotation (').
>
>  there's not much point speculating on what the original poster meant
> until he clarifies it.  the connection to the linux kernel here is
> still entirely unclear.
>

Maybe it's related to unix / linux world.  Sorry for the noise.


-- 
Cheers

- zeal