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Quotation with double quote and O results in Ö

I'm having a problem to write this in LaTeX: "real-world" objects. My code is this

``real$-$world" objects

But this gives me "realwordöbjects" ... I tried \glqq and \grqq but that's not really what I want. \" didn't work either.

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  • ``real$-$world" objects works for me. So does ``real{$-$}world" objects . Please provide a MWE (minimal working example) showing your problem. – Ethan Bolker Nov 18 '12 at 16:45
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    Why do you use a minus $-$, instead of a hyphen -? It is “real-world” rather than “real−world”. – Caramdir Nov 18 '12 at 16:46
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    I used - at first but it didn't seem to work for a strange reason, it works now lol.. – Aaron Nov 18 '12 at 16:50
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    Do you know package csquotes? Try texdoc csquotes to learn more about it ... – Mensch Nov 18 '12 at 16:53

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You should use two ' signs instead of one " sign. The latter is an active character in many babel languages, and "o produces ö. (Also, instead of switching to math mode to produce a minus sign, simply use a hyphen.)

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage[english,dutch]{babel}

\begin{document}

``real-world" objects

``real-world'' objects

\end{document}

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