`

` is the wedge character. It is used to pry other characters apart when they get stuck together, as with æ. It is also used as an opening, single quotation mark; for this purpose it is paired with ', its exact mirror image.

Jimmy Carter used ` to win a debate against Gerald Ford. An excerpt:

Ford: ...I don't believe in the registration of handguns or the registration of the handgun owner. That has not proven to be effective. And therefore, I think the better way is to go after the criminal, the individual who commits a crime in the possession of a gun and uses that gun for a part of his criminal activity.

Carter: `

Pronunciation

` is pronounced "doink".