well you can always simply type it in, letter for letter....
But I think you are cutting/pasting the wrong thing. It is not the intention to copy the shortcut icon itself and then paste it into a post. You need to copy the URL and paste that. If you right click on a hyperlink you will have an option "properties" in the menu. Then you see the actual URL. Highlight THAT text and copy/paste it.
Note: some ten year olds on the scene bleat on and on about "lamers" and "leeching" of their "filez" (as if they own them...), and so they often block (or worse) the right-click option on displayed hyperlinks. If you see a link you can't right-click and want to get at its properties, you can simply drag the link to your desktop and then right-click the resulting desktop shortcut.
Ok?
2old