Apostrophes

Kewpie

Felis Australis

General

06 Aug 12

Kewpie

Felis Australis

Australia

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07 Aug 12

or Apostasy.

Ponderable

chemist

Linkenheim

Joined: 22 Apr 05
Moves: 669871

07 Aug 12

Originally posted by Sicilian Sausage
Was Apostrophes Greek?

Yes. The name means: the turned away.

In ancient Greek you have two of the signs in different orientation which are commonly called by their latin name spiritus asper and spiritus lenis, but the Greek see that naturally different 🙂

JS357

Joined: 29 Dec 08
Moves: 6788

07 Aug 12

Originally posted by Kewpie
I love 'em. But they're an endangered species now. 🙁

It's the Apostrophe Catastrophe.

kevcvs57

Flexible

The wrong side of 60

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Moves: 37304

07 Aug 12

The threads a cacophony of apostrophe's.

Kewpie

Felis Australis

Australia

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07 Aug 12

It's Catastrophy's Apostrophy. 🙂

kevcvs57

Flexible

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07 Aug 12

Originally posted by Kewpie
It's Catastrophy's Apostrophy. 🙂

Smiling in the face of catastrophe, that's the spirit.🙂

Suzianne

Misfit Queen

Isle of Misfit Toys

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07 Aug 12

Originally posted by kevcvs57
The threads a cacophony of apostrophe's.

The thread's a cacophony of apostrophes.

Fixed.

HandyAndy

Read a book!

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07 Aug 12

Originally posted by Suzianne
Fixed.

Fix'd.

kevcvs57

Flexible

The wrong side of 60

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Moves: 37304

07 Aug 12

Originally posted by HandyAndy
Fix'd.

Sort'd

JS357

Joined: 29 Dec 08
Moves: 6788

08 Aug 12

Originally posted by kevcvs57
Sort'd

OK who's first to know a double contraction (two apostrophes used)? A triple? A quadruple?

Paul Leggett

Chess Librarian

The Stacks

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08 Aug 12

Kewpie

Felis Australis

Australia

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Moves: 390159

08 Aug 12

dot your i's and cross your t's if you're producing multiple apostrophes ...

HandyAndy

Read a book!

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08 Aug 12

Originally posted by JS357
A triple?

fo’c’s’le

Kewpie

Felis Australis

Australia

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Moves: 390159

08 Aug 12

I guess the fo'c'sle's at the front end.

ChessPraxis

Cowboy From Hell

American West

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08 Aug 12

Originally posted by HandyAndy
fo’c’s’le

These land lubbers don't know that Andy. 😉