# Shor't Ran't abou't peopl'e wh'o pu't apostrophie's everywher'e! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 29, 2003, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-rant-about-people-who-put-apostrophies-everywhere/215946 "2003-11-29T19:24:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-rant-about-people-who-put-apostrophies-everywhere/215946/1 "2003-11-29T19:24:04Z")
My boss does this. Not _everywhere_ but wherever there is a word ending with an ‘s’. And now I just read an amazon review where someone’s done it. > [@](#): > > it has grip on each side and fit’s in your hand perfectly GRR!! This is a really pathetic rant. Please let it fall from the first page quickly. Thank’s for listening. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-rant-about-people-who-put-apostrophies-everywhere/215946/2 "2003-11-29T19:31:59Z")
Preach it brother! ---
**Author:** ![Arcite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/67e7ee/32.png) [@Arcite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arcite)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-rant-about-people-who-put-apostrophies-everywhere/215946/3 "2003-11-29T20:33:07Z")
Thi’s subject ha’s been covered several time’s in the last few month’s. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-rant-about-people-who-put-apostrophies-everywhere/215946/4 "2003-11-29T20:44:02Z")
s’o y’o’u’r’ p’r’o’b’l’e’m’ i’s’ t’h’a’t y’o’u’r’ b’o’s’s’ d’o’e’s’n’’‘t u’s’e’ e’n’o’u’g’h’ a’p’o’s’t’r’o’p’h’e’'s “?” ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-rant-about-people-who-put-apostrophies-everywhere/215946/5 "2003-11-29T20:56:46Z")
Pain is having better spelling, grammar and overall language skills than those who employ you. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-rant-about-people-who-put-apostrophies-everywhere/215946/6 "2003-11-29T21:10:04Z")
_BLUSH_ I’ve just begun whacking my own hand so I quit doing this. Don’t know when I started such a bad habit, but I’m stopping it. It’s got some momentum up though so, it’s going to be a bit to “unlearn” it. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-rant-about-people-who-put-apostrophies-everywhere/215946/7 "2003-11-29T21:15:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lobsang \* > **I just read an amazon review where someone’s done it.** > [@](#): > > \*\*it has grip on each side and fit’s in your hand perfectly \*\* I hope that wasn’t a book review… talk about damning with faint praise. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-rant-about-people-who-put-apostrophies-everywhere/215946/8 "2003-11-29T21:51:50Z")
I can’t put this book down! - Is it _that_ gripping? No, my fingers are sticky from the peanut buter and marmalade sandwich I just ate. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-rant-about-people-who-put-apostrophies-everywhere/215946/9 "2003-11-29T21:53:09Z")
Calvin and Hobbes, btw… “”""""""""""""""""""""""! ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-rant-about-people-who-put-apostrophies-everywhere/215946/10 "2003-11-29T22:06:40Z")
Oh man, don’t start making me speak Klingon: “T’kach do’whee L’o Qu’o’nos. Ch’o’whee toros’h cho’beh!” [sub]Don’t ask me what I just said, ‘cause I have no friggin’ idea.[/sub] Tripler Now that you have the measurements for Playboy’s ‘Klingon of the Month’. . . ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-rant-about-people-who-put-apostrophies-everywhere/215946/11 "2003-11-29T22:17:10Z")
I thought the Manx language was all apostrophies, the numbers 7 and 131, and the letters X or an upsidedown W (which some people mistake for an M). ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-rant-about-people-who-put-apostrophies-everywhere/215946/12 "2003-11-30T02:34:01Z")
‘Apostrophe’ has no ‘i’ in it. Just thought you’d like to know… ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-rant-about-people-who-put-apostrophies-everywhere/215946/13 "2003-11-30T03:12:17Z")
You know what apostrophe REALLY bugs me? The one on the “Check Into Cash” commercials (sing: “We’ll cash your personal check and then we’ll hold it til your payday!”) The big splash screen asks: **gotta’ Money MAYDAY?** gotta’??? _GOTTA’???_ Has anyone told them this makes absolutely NO SENSE??? Gotta’ _literacy_ mayday, if you ask me. ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-rant-about-people-who-put-apostrophies-everywhere/215946/14 "2003-11-30T05:26:24Z")
Where’s our _Dragonriders of Pern_ fanatics to justify their honorific T and K apostrophed names? Peace, - K’moriah. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-rant-about-people-who-put-apostrophies-everywhere/215946/15 "2003-11-30T06:34:51Z")
My favorite misuse of the apostrophe was at the school where I was previously employed. They now call Special Ed support “Resource Room,” and that department had a suite of rooms devoted to it. There was a big sign outside that said RESOURCE ROOM’S I had to walk by it every day with a straight face. ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-rant-about-people-who-put-apostrophies-everywhere/215946/16 "2003-11-30T07:14:54Z")
Just pencil in the word **SIGN** under **RESOURCE ROOM’S** and you’ll feel better. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-rant-about-people-who-put-apostrophies-everywhere/215946/17 "2003-11-30T07:45:31Z")
Nah, **Skeezix** , I couldn’t do that… it’d ruin the irony, which I lived for in that godforsaken hellhole. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-rant-about-people-who-put-apostrophies-everywhere/215946/18 "2003-11-30T07:51:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by moriah \* > \*\*Where’s our _Dragonriders of Pern_ fanatics to justify their honorific T and K apostrophed names? > > Peace, - K’moriah. \*\* Since this is a grammar nitpick thread, I feel the need to point out that your sentence should actually read “Where are our _Dragonriders of Pern_ fanatics to jusify their honorific T and K apostrophed names?”. “Where is our fanatics” makes no sense, due to some rule that has slipped my mind. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-rant-about-people-who-put-apostrophies-everywhere/215946/19 "2003-11-30T07:56:40Z")
Ooh, I loved _Fantastics_. A cool play, even if it was a tourist trap. ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-rant-about-people-who-put-apostrophies-everywhere/215946/20 "2003-11-30T08:40:17Z")
I would like this thread to use as a confessional. I am deeply addicted to brackets ( ), commas, and elipses (though more then just the three more like…) Shoot me I am a bad punctuation junkie. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-rant-about-people-who-put-apostrophies-everywhere/215946.md?page=2)