tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post115731119725247357..comments2023-09-21T08:53:42.554+01:00Comments on blethers: Apostrophe disease - a new strain.Christine McIntoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14198224025775398453noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-39784357710771592122009-12-18T14:41:57.068+00:002009-12-18T14:41:57.068+00:00Cool blog as for me. I'd like to read a bit mo...Cool blog as for me. I'd like to read a bit more concerning that matter. Thank you for posting that information.<br />Sexy Lady<br /><a href="http://www.secret-agent.co.uk/blonde_escorts_london.html" rel="nofollow">Blonde escorts</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-1157389096350928642006-09-04T17:58:00.000+01:002006-09-04T17:58:00.000+01:00Glad to entertain, Walter! I'm dead impressed by t...Glad to entertain, Walter! I'm dead impressed by the culinary expertise, by the way....Christine McIntoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14198224025775398453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-1157384610112460392006-09-04T16:43:00.000+01:002006-09-04T16:43:00.000+01:00I must admit to being too lazy to type apostrophes...I must admit to being too lazy to type apostrophes correctly. Further, while I can see that it might make an esthetic difference--although not to my cloddish eye--I don’t recall ever being misled by an ASCII apostrophe into misinterpreting anything I have read. I do note that, at least in my word processing program (WordPerfect), the kind of apostrophe produced depends upon the font used. If I use the apostrophe key in Arial, the type I prefer because it is easier on the eye, I get an ASCII apostrophe and an up and down comma, as in “I can’t help it, can I?” On the other hand, if I use Times New Roman as I will do for the remaining part of this reply, the result is the true apostrophe and the true comma, as in “I can’t help it, can I?”<BR/><BR/>Thanks for piquing my curiosity. I looked into the etymology of “apostrophe.” It comes from “strophe,” as in Greek theatre, “to turn,” with the intensifying prefix, “apo-,” so its root is “turn back.” <BR/><BR/>I also appreciate this diverting apostrophe in my lazy day. (It’s labor day in the U.S., and nothing is open, so my big activity is to make Jane and I a pot of beef and barley soup.) I don’t know if the typography herein will transfer over to your blog site as it is typed, but let’s see.<BR/><BR/>Imagine that! Your blog site translates Ariel apostrophes into the correct format.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com