diff -ur ascii-3.8.old/ascii.c ascii-3.8/ascii.c
--- ascii-3.8.old/ascii.c	2005-03-03 16:01:56.000000000 -0500
+++ ascii-3.8/ascii.c	2008-02-16 19:27:10.000000000 -0500
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
     }
 
     if (isprint(ch))
-	(void) printf("prints as `%s'\n", *ptr++);
+	(void) printf("prints as '%s'\n", *ptr++);
     else if (iscntrl(ch) || ch == 0x7F)
     {
 	if (ch == 0x7f)
diff -ur ascii-3.8.old/nametable ascii-3.8/nametable
--- ascii-3.8.old/nametable	2008-02-16 19:32:07.000000000 -0500
+++ ascii-3.8/nametable	2008-02-16 19:39:32.000000000 -0500
@@ -140,20 +140,20 @@
 %%
 Mnemonics: "'",
 ISO names: "Apostrophe",
-Synonyms: "Single Quote", "Close Quote"  "Prime",
+Synonyms: "Single Quote", "Close Quote", "Prime",
 	"Tick", "Pop", "Spark", "Glitch",
 XML name: "'",
 Comment: "# See ` and \" for matching names.",
 %%
 Mnemonics: "(",
 ISO names: "Left Parenthesis",
-Synonyms:  "Open", "Open Paren", "Left Paren", "Wane", "Sad",
-Comment: "# See `)' for matching names.",
+Synonyms:  "Open", "Open Paren", "Left Paren", "Wax", "Sad",
+Comment: "# See ) for matching names.",
 %%
 Mnemonics: ")",
 ISO names: "Right Parenthesis",
-Synonyms: "Close", "Close Paren", "Right Paren", "Wax", "Happy",
-Comment: "# See `(' for matching names.",
+Synonyms: "Close", "Close Paren", "Right Paren", "Wane", "Happy",
+Comment: "# See ( for matching names.",
 %%
 Mnemonics: "*",
 ISO names: "Asterisk",
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
 Mnemonics: "/",
 ISO names: "Solidus",
 Synonyms: "Slash", "Stroke", "Slant", "Diagonal", "Virgule", "Over", "Slat",
-Comment:  "# See `\\' for matching names.",
+Comment:  "# See \\ for matching names.",
 %%
 Mnemonics: "0",
 ISO names: "Digit Zero",
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
 	"From", "Comesfrom", "Left Funnel", "Left Broket", "Crunch",
 	"Suck",
 XML name:  "<",
-Comment:   "# See `>' for matching names.",
+Comment:   "# See > for matching names.",
 %%
 Mnemonics: "=",
 ISO names: "Equals Sign",
@@ -234,11 +234,11 @@
 %%
 Mnemonics: ">",
 ISO names: "Greater-than sign",
-Synonyms: "Right Angle"  "Write To", "Into", "Toward",
+Synonyms: "Right Angle", "Write To", "Into", "Toward",
 	"Out", "To", "Gozinta", "Right Funnel",
 	"Right Broket", "Zap", "Blow",
 XML name:  ">",
-Comments: "# See `<' for matching names.",
+Comments: "# See < for matching names.",
 %%
 Mnemonics: "?",
 ISO names: "Question Mark",
@@ -330,18 +330,18 @@
 Mnemonics: "[",
 ISO names: "Left Square Bracket",
 Synonyms:  "Bracket", "Bra", "Square",
-Comments:  "# See `]' for matching names.",
+Comments:  "# See ] for matching names.",
 %%
 Mnemonics: "\\",
 ISO names: "Reversed Solidus",
 Synonyms:  "Backslash", "Bash", "Backslant", "Backwhack",
 	"Backslat", "Literal", "Escape",
-Comments:  "# See `/' for matching names.",
+Comments:  "# See / for matching names.",
 %%
 Mnemonics: "]",
 ISO names: "Right Square Bracket",
 Synonyms:  "Unbracket", "Ket", "Unsquare",
-Comments:  "# See `[' for matching names.",
+Comments:  "# See [ for matching names.",
 %%
 Mnemonics: "^",
 ISO names: "Circumflex Accent",
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@
 ISO names: "Low Line",
 Synonyms: "Underscore", "Underline", "Underbar",
 	"Under", "Score", "Backarrow", "Flatworm",
-# `Backarrow' refers to this character's graphic in 1963 ASCII.",
+Comments: "# Backarrow refers to this character's graphic in 1963 ASCII.",
 %%
 Mnemonics: "`",
 ISO names: "Grave Accent",
@@ -441,8 +441,8 @@
 %%
 Mnemonics: "{",
 ISO names:  "Left Curly Bracket",
-Synonyms: "Left Brace", "Brace", "Open Brace""Curly", "Leftit", "Embrace",
-Comments: "# See `}' for matching names.",
+Synonyms: "Left Brace", "Brace", "Open Brace", "Curly", "Leftit", "Embrace",
+Comments: "# See } for matching names.",
 %%
 Mnemonics: "|",
 ISO names: "Vertical Line",
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@
 ISO names: "Right Curly Bracket",
 Synonyms: "Right Brace", "Unbrace", "Close Brace",
 	"Uncurly", "Rytit", "Bracelet",
-Comments: "# See `{' for matching names.",
+Comments: "# See { for matching names.",
 %%
 Mnemonics: "~",
 ISO names: "Overline",