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galateus ([info]galateus) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2012-01-13 11:08:00
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Entry tags:punctuation

Apostrophes: Serious Business

I just... I think I'll just leave these here:

Waterstones, the bookshop, has dropped the apostrophe in its trading name and logo, sparking outrage among some of its customers.

"It's just plain wrong", said John Richards, chairman of the Apostrophe Protection Society

(Tried going meta by putting "Apostrophe's:" in the subject, but I think that was just too evil for the mods.)


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[info]phosfate
2012-01-13 04:11 pm UTC (link)
I cackled when I rejected it. CACKLED EVILY.

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[info]sandglass
2012-01-13 06:49 pm UTC (link)
I think I'm in love with you now.

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[info]ladyvyola
2012-01-13 07:07 pm UTC (link)
So that's what woke me up!

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[info]scifantasy
2012-01-13 04:14 pm UTC (link)
Someday, the greengrocer's will rise up and take back what is their's, and the street's will run red with the river's of blood!

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[info]cmdr_zoom
2012-01-13 07:42 pm UTC (link)
And I'll look down, and whisper "it's."

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(no subject) - [info]phosfate, 2012-01-13 08:06 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]queencallipygos, 2012-01-15 09:58 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]cmdr_zoom, 2012-01-17 02:27 am UTC

[info]sneer
2012-01-13 05:40 pm UTC (link)
Obligatory.

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I just had an apostrophe...
[info]paladin
2012-01-13 06:18 pm UTC (link)
Oh wait, it's gone now.

They also changed their font, so font wank can't be far behind. Especially if the CEO decides that he wants to further his 'net friendliness by going with comic sans.

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[info]spawn_of_kong
2012-01-13 06:40 pm UTC (link)
...

Apostrophe Protection Society.

...

APOSTROPHE. PROTECTION. SOCIETY.

...Okay, now I've seen it all.

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[info]scifantasy
2012-01-13 07:38 pm UTC (link)
Now I'm trying to make it scan to "Mutual Admiration Society"...

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[info]rosehiptea
2012-01-14 05:09 am UTC (link)
They came for the apostrophes, but I wasn't a punctuation mark, so I just kind of said "what" and...

Oh, never mind.

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[info]librarianmouse
2012-01-14 05:41 am UTC (link)
That was my very favorite part. Can we start the Semicolon Appreciation Society next?

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(no subject) - [info]risha, 2012-01-14 06:41 pm UTC
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(no subject) - [info]fern_on_fen, 2012-01-15 08:59 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]cmdr_zoom, 2012-01-17 03:46 am UTC

[info]jat_sapphire
2012-01-14 06:24 am UTC (link)
Their website!

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(no subject) - [info]fern_on_fen, 2012-01-15 09:00 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]jat_sapphire, 2012-01-16 05:05 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]spacelogic, 2012-01-17 11:13 pm UTC
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[info]the__ivorytower
2012-01-14 06:40 am UTC (link)
It's because I steal them to work in my comma fields.

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(no subject) - [info]verlaine, 2012-01-14 07:26 am UTC

[info]mirhanda
2012-01-13 06:48 pm UTC (link)
Bravo to them, I say. This mangling of language has gone FAR ENOUGH! RISE UP MY LITERATE BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND SAY "NO MORE!"

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[info]visp
2012-01-13 07:39 pm UTC (link)
Since it's just a name, there's no reason it can't now just mean multiple stones that are in water, or something. I think that sounds kinda pretty.

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(no subject) - [info]rosehiptea, 2012-01-14 05:09 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]sorchar, 2012-01-14 08:31 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]eleutheria, 2012-01-14 09:37 pm UTC

[info]pantyless_angel
2012-01-13 07:44 pm UTC (link)
while another tweeted that it was another step towards apostrophe extinction.

What? No seriously, what? Apostrophes are "endangered" now? When the fuck did this happen?

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(no subject) - [info]scifantasy, 2012-01-13 08:03 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]tangentialone, 2012-01-14 02:03 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]lainey, 2012-01-14 04:47 am UTC
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[info]eilisliana
2012-01-13 10:33 pm UTC (link)
There is wank over apostrophes now?

Dear God almighty, people have too much time on their hands.

On the other hand, the comments here have been hilarious... carry on.

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(no subject) - [info]spacelogic, 2012-01-14 01:23 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]sandglass, 2012-01-14 05:24 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]cmdr_zoom, 2012-01-14 05:16 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]oxfordcomma, 2012-01-14 06:28 pm UTC
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(no subject) - [info]ladyvyola, 2012-01-14 07:30 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]risha, 2012-01-14 09:18 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]theropicus, 2012-01-19 05:28 am UTC

[info]beejium
2012-01-14 12:42 am UTC (link)
I always considered Waterstone's to be the classier version of W.H. Smith. (Which may or may not have to do with me having been their employee at one point.) The apostrophe just seems to give it that snooty booknerd feel, you know?

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[info]bienegold
2012-01-14 01:06 am UTC (link)
That's stupid. On the other hand, I do come from an area where any business name automatically gets turned into a possessive, so. (I don't think I realized that it wasn't Meijer's and Kroger's until I was a pre-teen.)

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(no subject) - [info]harrylovesron, 2012-01-14 07:16 pm UTC
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(no subject) - [info]jira, 2012-01-16 04:15 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]full_metal_ox, 2012-01-17 10:25 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]eilisliana, 2012-01-16 05:31 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]fern_on_fen, 2012-01-15 09:03 pm UTC

[info]rosehiptea
2012-01-14 05:11 am UTC (link)
Actually my first reaction to this was "It's a bookstore and their biggest problem is an apostrophe?" Because they're dying out in my neck of the woods. (Los Angeles)

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(no subject) - [info]verlaine, 2012-01-14 07:30 am UTC
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[info]also_not_a_pipe
2012-01-14 06:54 am UTC (link)
Good god, think of the conniptions when they drop the final S like Meijer and Kroger did!

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[info]acediance
2012-01-14 09:38 am UTC (link)
The fact that an Apostrophe Protection Society even exists cracks me up.

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[info]calatha
2012-01-14 11:41 am UTC (link)
Borders had no apostrophe and look what happened to them.

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(no subject) - [info]spawn_of_kong, 2012-01-14 12:41 pm UTC
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[info]sandglass
2012-01-14 11:49 pm UTC (link)
Where I am, one of the big furniture stores changed their name from "P.M. Bedroom Gallery" to "Penny Mustard." Take that, silly apostrophe!

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(no subject) - [info]kitt_in_socks, 2012-01-15 12:24 am UTC
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(no subject) - [info]ekaterinv, 2012-01-15 01:38 am UTC
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[info]harrylovesron
2012-01-15 12:49 am UTC (link)
I totally made icons 'cause I'm bored.

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(no subject) - [info]jasonvermilion, 2012-01-29 03:12 pm UTC

  
   
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