We are getting the anomaly narrowed down. I only see the symbols when in IE browser not in Chrome or Fire Fox and it is NOT on all post, very random, I just read a post that I know shows the symbols in IE, but does not show in Chrome or Fire Fox. As far as I can tell only the apostrophe seems to be effected, like in I've or I'd and we've, but there again not in all post.
Funny they don't show up while I preview my post nor in my post on my computerand I use IE 99% of the time. This has been showing up for many months, not just recently.