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Apostrophe rule (pawb.social)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by unmarketableplushie@pawb.social to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone
 

Image transcription: a screenshot of a Twitter post by "atrophy wife 🦋" (@zusa_real). It reads: "old english writers: alas! how could we possibly mark a word that is shortened? the apostrophe:" Below is an image of a cat Photoshopped to be in the shape of the aforementioned punctuation mark. End transcription.

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[–] darkdemize@sh.itjust.works 27 points 11 months ago

Looks more like a catastrophe to me.

[–] meep_launcher@lemm.ee 9 points 11 months ago

English is actually an amazing language for improvising words. The Frankensteinification of our language is awesome for wordsmithing. The jabberwocky is a poem that fit best in the English language.

Also I had to fit "maybe we will" into two syllables for a song, and it works. "Maybe'l" gets the point across well.

[–] yuri@pawb.social 5 points 11 months ago

Omfg it’s that cat from showgirls!

[–] fahfahfahfah@lemmy.billiam.net 4 points 11 months ago
[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Also great for protecting word's from those dangerou's terminal "s".