Thread: It's national apostrophe day!

Originally Posted by hoglahoo

Only a liberal would be so quick to tear down the ideals of democracy over a fruit's sign

Yes, perhaps I was too hasty... sorry. What I meant to say was that the weight of one's vote should be inversely proportional to the prevalence of one's misused apostrophes, as opposed to the current system where the weight of one's vote is directly proportional to the size of one's bank balance.

James.

What about semi colons, colons and colon cleansing?

I'm waiting...for national ellipsis day!

I work with someone who used to work in college admissions, and they once had an applicant named ' Jones. Yes, his mother named him apostrophe, and no, you were not allowed to spell it out.

I probably would have spelt it W.A.N.K.E.R anyway, even though it wasn't his fault,with a name like that it would be hard not to turn out to be one. Some parents should get a firm kick in the pants for the names they give their kids. I went to school with a couple of brothers with the surname 'Nuss'. First names were Peter and Andrew.


Mick

Originally Posted by TheZ

I work with someone who used to work in college admissions, and they once had an applicant named ' Jones. Yes, his mother named him apostrophe, and no, you were not allowed to spell it out.

Oh I've seen names....

La-a is pronounced "la dash ah"
Shithead is pronounced "shi they eh"
And, my recent favorite, siblings named "Raven and Pheonix."
Another sibling pair is "Nile and Hudson."

Originally Posted by JimR

I'm waiting...for national ellipsis day!

lol! Unfortunately I'm not sure we will ever be able to have a national ellipsis day, as no one would know which of the ellpsised days to pick. Monday, ...., Sunday. ???

Originally Posted by Jimbo

lol! Unfortunately I'm not sure we will ever be able to have a national ellipsis day, as no one would know which of the ellpsised days to pick. Monday, ...., Sunday. ???

Don't you mean Mon...day?