`

` is the wedge character so it is delicious. 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".