Author Topic: Flagrant misuse of the apostrophe (Read 3833 times)

« **on:** August 06, 2006, 03:06:06 pm »

This was taken with my mobile phone, hence the poor quality.

Forth Bridges · « **Reply #1 on:** August 06, 2006, 03:17:40 pm »

where did you take it/

« **Reply #2 on:** August 06, 2006, 03:32:54 pm »

Llandudno

Forth Bridges · « **Reply #3 on:** August 06, 2006, 03:38:18 pm »

walsh?

« **Reply #4 on:** August 06, 2006, 03:56:13 pm »

bless you

Forth Bridges · « **Reply #5 on:** August 06, 2006, 04:04:22 pm »

loulou · « **Reply #6 on:** August 06, 2006, 06:19:58 pm »

oldspice · « **Reply #7 on:** August 06, 2006, 06:56:52 pm »

If they think purses needs an apsotrophe, why not wallets? They are both plurals. I think it is the old misconception that a vowel and consonent must be separated by an apostrophe.

Did they wonder why you were taking a photo?

smurfboy · « **Reply #8 on:** August 06, 2006, 09:34:29 pm »

There is a pub near me with a blackboard advertising the various burger's, pizza's and sandwich's they offer. It's all I can do to stop myself going down there with a rubber!

loulou · « **Reply #9 on:** August 07, 2006, 12:28:50 am »

Quote from: smurfboy

blackboard

You have to say chalkboard now. Sometimes when I see a chalkboard outside of a pub I wish I had some chalk to change some of the menu about.

smurfboy · « **Reply #10 on:** August 07, 2006, 02:11:12 am »

I don't believe in political correctness. It always has been and always will be a blackboard.

oldspice · « **Reply #11 on:** August 07, 2006, 10:03:25 am »

Most schools don't have blackboards nowadays, they have whiteboards or, if they're lucky, interactive whiteboards - and nobody objects to that.

Someone who once worked in our team interrupted me in mid conversation to tell me she objected to me calling my husband 'my husband'.

"What's wrong with that? We're married" I replied.

"You should call him your partner, not your husband. It's offensive to people without husbands".

"But, what if I said to you, you can't call your girlfriend (she was lesbian) 'your partner', you've got to call her 'your husband'. How would you feel?"

"She's not my husband" she spluttered "That would be very offensive to me".

"So why are you saying I can't call him my husband then? You call your partner what you want and I'll call my husband what I want and we're both happy. Right?"

"But I don't buy into the male-dominated, heterosexual marriage trap" She insisted.

Where do you go from there? She just could not see that my choices were as freely made as hers.

goldencup · « **Reply #12 on:** August 07, 2006, 10:06:00 am »

For once, words fail me.

smurfboy · « **Reply #13 on:** August 07, 2006, 12:09:00 pm »

I can think of two - silly bitch!

« **Reply #14 on:** August 07, 2006, 12:49:50 pm »

Quote from: oldspice

If they think purses needs an apsotrophe, why not wallets? They are both plurals. I think it is the old misconception that a vowel and consonent must be separated by an apostrophe.

Did they wonder why you were taking a photo?

They were a bit confused. My Mum was with me at the time and I said, out loud, "Tut, another flagrant misuse of the apostrophe". The woman on the stand looked like I had just walked dog pooh on her carpet!

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