They are "smart quotes" and don't always render correctly across platforms or through e-mails.
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On Thursday 11 June 2009, Steve Perkins said something like:
Anyone have any ideas why I am getting these strange characters (below) in my received emails instead of (I assume) ' single quotes. Which I can type OK.
Irelands economy might be having a terrible time, but on the sports field, its been a great year.
Thanks
Steve
!DSPAM:22,4a30dc9f38639145070889!