Good question !
What you copy is not what you see ...
If you create this shape,
and run this script,
Code:
tell application id "OGfl"
tell canvas of front window
tell text of first shape
set last word to "fool"
end tell
end tell
end tell
And then copy and paste the apparently unchanged shape, you get a potentially baffling result:
Copy as Applescript also gets something at variance with what you see ...
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