Originally posted by HandyAndyYou're right, I can't believe I did that, and lost the opportunity to produce a quadruple apostrophe. Possessive is legitimate apostrophical use, it was not specified that all apostrophes had to be of the same type.
You've got a quadruple if you restore the apostrophe you left out: [b]fo'c's'le's
(Note: Purists will point out that the fourth apostrophe is possessive, not a contraction. C'est la vie.)[/b]
Is apostrophical a word? Sure sounds as if it ought to be ...
Originally posted by KewpieApocryphal might be the word your looking for.
You're right, I can't believe I did that, and lost the opportunity to produce a quadruple apostrophe. Possessive is legitimate apostrophical use, it was not specified that all apostrophes had to be of the same type.
Is apostrophical a word? Sure sounds as if it ought to be ...
Originally posted by HandyAndyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophe
You've got a quadruple if you restore the apostrophe you left out: [b]fo'c's'le's
(Note: Purists will point out that the fourth apostrophe is possessive, not a contraction. C'est la vie.)[/b]
"For singulars, the modern possessive or genitive inflection is a survival from certain genitive inflections in Old English, and the apostrophe originally marked the loss of the old e (for example, lambes became lamb's)."
That sounds like a contraction. But there is more on the subject of possessive apostrophes at that link so the above is not the whole story.
Originally posted by JS357I wonder in another 500 years we'll have words like 'nife, 'nee etc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophe
"For singulars, the modern possessive or genitive inflection is a survival from certain genitive inflections in Old English, and the apostrophe originally marked the loss of the old e (for example, lambes became lamb's)."
That sounds like a contraction. But there is more on the subject of possessive apostrophes at that link so the above is not the whole story.
Originally posted by KewpieAs the apostrophe calls attention to the fact that there is an unnecessary letter, the Church of the Apostrophe calls attention to the fact that there is an unnecessary deity.
Maybe we could found an Apostrophic Church, to worship the Great Apostrophinator - and give up having to pay taxes forever. 🙂
But then is the church of the apostrophe necessarily apostasy?