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or Apostasy.

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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 🙂

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Originally posted by Kewpie
I love 'em. But they're an endangered species now. 🙁
It's the Apostrophe Catastrophe.

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The threads a cacophony of apostrophe's.

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It's Catastrophy's Apostrophy. 🙂

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Originally posted by Kewpie
It's Catastrophy's Apostrophy. 🙂
Smiling in the face of catastrophe, that's the spirit.🙂

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

Fixed.

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Originally posted by Suzianne
Fixed.
Fix'd.

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Originally posted by HandyAndy
Fix'd.
Sort'd

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Originally posted by kevcvs57
Sort'd
OK who's first to know a double contraction (two apostrophes used)? A triple? A quadruple?

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'

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

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Originally posted by JS357
A triple?
fo’c’s’le

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

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Originally posted by HandyAndy
fo’c’s’le
These land lubbers don't know that Andy. 😉

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