Calligrafae
Apostrophe crime's
Jun 30, 2023 at 2:40pmWeb
Show threadCalligrafaeJun 30, 2023
Breaki'n the law, breaki'n the law!
Show threadFrost, wolf of winter đŸș🎄Jun 30, 2023
@welshpixie Oo oo oo oo!
Show threadFiXatoJun 30, 2023
@welshpixie bum'er!
Show threadCalligrafaeJun 30, 2023
@FiXato I hardly know'er!
Show threadCalligrafaeJun 30, 2023

Sitting here cackling at all the psychic damage this is causing

The replies are great

I have no regret's

Show threadCalligrafaeJun 30, 2023

And now there's a language rules deep dive going on (which is great and interesting)

Life finds a way

Show threadAndy PJun 30, 2023
@welshpixie Apostrophes are Australian commas
Show threadAndy AlderwickJun 30, 2023

@welshpixie The badstrophe's are everywhere. But sorry, this is amateur hour compared to a certain chip shop I visited in Cornwall one fated afternoon


*pushes mental image of the word “pea's” away*

Show threadCalligrafaeJun 30, 2023
@alderwick Heh, was just saying that's very common here - apostrophes like that are correct in Afrikaans then people who speak Afrikaans carry them over into their English writing
Show threadAndy AlderwickJun 30, 2023
@welshpixie I just saw you toot about the linguists' deep dive! Thanks for brightening our days with your crime's 
Show threadKhaos 🩋Jun 30, 2023
@welshpixie I read the ' as a glottal stop, and that kinda makes this sound as if I'm reading it with a serious hiccup xD
Show threadconcretedogJun 30, 2023
@welshpixie R'Egret
Show threadNaomi PJun 30, 2023
@welshpixie n’one?
Show threadabominabledrhJun 30, 2023
@welshpixie This is that sketchy agenda that was talked about, isn't it? 😄
Show threadWoozle HypertwinJun 30, 2023
@welshpixie I wanted to start a band called The Misspeler's
Show threadVessel of Unknown OriginJul 1, 2023
@welshpixie 
Show threadCalligrafaeJul 1, 2023
@hag 
Show threadVessel of Unknown OriginJul 1, 2023
@welshpixie 
Show threadSpammy Snarker L.J.Jul 1, 2023
Clearly the techbros were right (in a stopped clock kind of way) and @welshpixie must be stopped
Show threadCalligrafaeJul 1, 2023
@ljwrites *lurks in the rafters, giggling*
Show threadSpammy Snarker L.J.Jul 1, 2023
@welshpixie I mean why hate on her for perfectly reasonable admin decisions when one can condemn her for being a grammar troll? 
Show threadMaura HubbellJul 1, 2023
@welshpixie You’re secretly a grocer. Admit it.
Show threadAndy AlderwickJun 30, 2023
@welshpixie Don't do i't!
Show threadCalligrafaeJun 30, 2023

@alderwick Too late!

I did it!

*scampers off, cackling*

Show threadThalassJun 30, 2023
@welshpixie
Show threadCalligrafaeJun 30, 2023
@Thalass 
Show threadThalassJun 30, 2023
@welshpixie
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Show threadAnneUndoneJun 30, 2023
@welshpixie nooooooo! 😂
Show threadKip ManleyJun 30, 2023
@welshpixie shudder
Show threadover this shitJun 30, 2023
@welshpixie ow.
Show threadllewellyJun 30, 2023
@welshpixie
Apostrophe Crime's Adventures:
A Grocer's Sign of the Times
Show threadcuan_knaggsJun 30, 2023
@welshpixie apostrophe's crime,s?
Show threadPJ "Vote Green" CoffeyJun 30, 2023

@welshpixie

*Apo'stro'phe'

Show threadghostcatteJun 30, 2023
@welshpixie crime た apostrophe
Show threadKlaus SteinJun 30, 2023

@welshpixie
An example for apostrophe's crimes.

The Apostrophe: an Unsung Villian!

Show threadJaco GJun 30, 2023
'tis an ill wind that blows no minds
Show threadChris RadcliffJun 30, 2023

@welshpixie 
never gonna pay.

There fixed it

Show threadCalligrafaeJun 30, 2023
@chris_radcliff XD
Show threadKit BashirJun 30, 2023
@welshpixie @doot with punctuation s’kills like that you could open a grocery s’tore
Show threadRobertWTJul 1, 2023
@welshpixie A comma's mistake...