Does a TM in the keyword have effect?

[Malarowski]

If I include TM in a keyword string, does this make it another keyword or does Google ignore that?

Example:

Kentucky Hot Sauce vs Kentucky Hot (TM) sauce.

Of course the TM would be done properly via

Cheers.

[AndyKuiper]

Google sees the addition of a trademark symbol in a meta title tag as a separate keyword; I've never heard anything about how Google see's its use in content. I'd avoid doing this in cases where SEO is more important than usability (or legality).

Hope this helps Mike