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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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	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? (Reply to this)(Thread)

	scifantasy 2012-01-13 08:03 pm UTC (link)
	Someone get Thursday Next and Jurisfiction on this! Stat! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	tangentialone 2012-01-14 02:03 am UTC (link)
	They're not endangered! Theyre just migrat'ing. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	lainey 2012-01-14 04:47 am UTC (link)
	I had no idea the apostrophe was facing extinction. And here I ve been selfishly using them in comments, notes, etc. Just throwing them around, really. THE SHAME. Well, no more, says I. As of now, I ll start being part of the solution and stop using them entirely! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	acediance 2012-01-14 09:36 am UTC (link)
	I've heard that apostrophes have a hard time mating in captivity. And language modernization has supposedly been intruding on their natural habitat, so their population has been massively reduced. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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