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In reply to the discussion: Four Irish nuns are sitting in a car at a traffic light in [View all]jaxexpat
(7,794 posts)21. The beleaguered and often misunderstood apostrophe proves its importance, yet again.
It is most often found to be consequential when it is omitted. Imagine a world where contractions parade, unafraid, masquerading as pronouns. It would be madness!
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More proof that punctuation is important, even if the apostrophe was silent. :-)
TheRickles
Apr 2023
#3
It's odd, but the Irish way of saying the Anglo Saxon F word just seems, i dunno, more polite.
FailureToCommunicate
Apr 2023
#7
Sister Mary Fuckwithyourmind would whack your upside the head for that one.
twodogsbarking
Apr 2023
#15
The beleaguered and often misunderstood apostrophe proves its importance, yet again.
jaxexpat
Apr 2023
#21