Apostrophe crimes
- Alex Bridgeman
- Fonseca 1966
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S'easy!
’ is simply the italicised version of '
Am I right or am I right?
Actually, I assume that there is a code that goes with each of the symbols you've listed out. Is it consecutive from the top left to bottom right? If so, what code does it start with?
Thanks,
Alex
PS - give it a few days and if mine is the most intelligent answer you get to your question then please do educate us all.
PPS - if we're talking foreign languages here, then I probably could make a better educated guess.
’ is simply the italicised version of '
Am I right or am I right?
Actually, I assume that there is a code that goes with each of the symbols you've listed out. Is it consecutive from the top left to bottom right? If so, what code does it start with?
Thanks,
Alex
PS - give it a few days and if mine is the most intelligent answer you get to your question then please do educate us all.
PPS - if we're talking foreign languages here, then I probably could make a better educated guess.
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
Derek T.’s apostrophe crimes
[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=1840#1840]Here[/url] Derek T. wrote:Most of the big names in the trade are both Producer's and Shipper's as most have their own Quinta's,
ADV’s apostrophe crime
A more pedantic grumble. The “1700’s style of doing whatever† is fine, as the style is of the 1700s. But the 1700s as a set of years beginning with “17†: well that was usual back in the 1700s.[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=1950#1950]Here[/url] ADV wrote:Back in the very late 1700's when
Re: Derek T.’s apostrophe crimes
Wow... three offenses in one short sentence.jdaw1 wrote:[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=1840#1840]Here[/url] Derek T. wrote:Most of the big names in the trade are both Producer's and Shipper's as most have their own Quinta's,
- KillerB
- Taylor Quinta de Vargellas 1987
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Re: ADV’s apostrophe crime
Not pedantic at all here, just precise. It is fine for an apostrophe to be used for plurals of numbers or dates, such as 1700's although now considered a little old-fashioned. Although I do accept that the above quote should refer to the late 18th century as the late 1700's suggests 1707-1709.jdaw1 wrote:A more pedantic grumble. The “1700’s style of doing whatever† is fine, as the style is of the 1700s. But the 1700s as a set of years beginning with “17†: well that was usual back in the 1700s.[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=1950#1950]Here[/url] ADV wrote:Back in the very late 1700's when
Port is basically a red drink
Conky: your | you’re
[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=2183#2183]Here[/url] Conky wrote:Worst case scenario, I'll pick you up from the Airport, but your right, I think someone maybe able to coincide coming over and pick you up on route.
As penance I had better pay for some port.
Very good: I laughed out loud, and then had to tell the wife why I laughed. As penance I had better pay for some port.KillerB wrote:Uh rurgh. Jdaw, little piece of advice:
When somebody offers you free transport, accommodation and hospitality, don't take the wee-wee out of them for the way that they phrased it.
Conky’s missing apostrophe
[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=2289#2289]Here[/url] Conky wrote:You dont have to thank me
Ghandi: open or close
[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=2330#2330]Here[/url] Ghandih wrote:include myself among ‘em
Sorry, just to be clear, am I being slagged off for having my apostrophe dangling in the wrong direction? In my first posting??
Julian, I KNOW THINGS about you. Yes, you know things about me, too, but they're not so silly. You should think a little more carefully. An apology will suffice for now. And a nice emoticon.
Julian, I KNOW THINGS about you. Yes, you know things about me, too, but they're not so silly. You should think a little more carefully. An apology will suffice for now. And a nice emoticon.
Grovel
Blackmail is it? Hmmm. {Thinks.}
OK.
On bended knee I offer my most sincere apologies for this needless slight upon your excellent character, upon your vast and superior intellect and apostrophe-using skills. I lie face down on the ground in humility, beating my chest (this is all metaphorical: ignore the details) with sackcloth and ashes. For I, but a mote of dust twinkling lightly in your rare magnificence, I, your pathetic serf, your lowly servant not fit to wash your feet, have spoken ill of you, my master, a master so powerfully evil that I tremble in your presence, a master of whom no ill may be spoken. I have allowed my thoughts to stray from the path of enlightened truth; I have blasphemed where I should have worshipped.
Will that do?
Oh no: that’s the other BB.
OK.
On bended knee I offer my most sincere apologies for this needless slight upon your excellent character, upon your vast and superior intellect and apostrophe-using skills. I lie face down on the ground in humility, beating my chest (this is all metaphorical: ignore the details) with sackcloth and ashes. For I, but a mote of dust twinkling lightly in your rare magnificence, I, your pathetic serf, your lowly servant not fit to wash your feet, have spoken ill of you, my master, a master so powerfully evil that I tremble in your presence, a master of whom no ill may be spoken. I have allowed my thoughts to stray from the path of enlightened truth; I have blasphemed where I should have worshipped.
Will that do?
Oh no: that’s the other BB.
BB = Bulletin Board
BB = Bulletin Board. That was an in joke.
And it's a terrible emoticon: it moves, so distracts from the text.
And it's a terrible emoticon: it moves, so distracts from the text.
Re: Grovel
jdaw,
I think that constitutes Emoticon Theft
Derek
I think that constitutes Emoticon Theft
Derek
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
Ernest H. Cockburn
- Alex Bridgeman
- Fonseca 1966
- Posts: 15036
- Joined: 13:41 Mon 25 Jun 2007
- Location: Berkshire, UK
Re: Grovel
OK, so I laughed out loud. Very amusing.jdaw1 wrote:Blackmail is it? Hmmm. {Thinks.}
OK.
On bended knee I offer my most sincere apologies for this needless slight upon your excellent character, upon your vast and superior intellect and apostrophe-using skills. I lie face down on the ground in humility, beating my chest (this is all metaphorical: ignore the details) with sackcloth and ashes. For I, but a mote of dust twinkling lightly in your rare magnificence, I, your pathetic serf, your lowly servant not fit to wash your feet, have spoken ill of you, my master, a master so powerfully evil that I tremble in your presence, a master of whom no ill may be spoken. I have allowed my thoughts to stray from the path of enlightened truth; I have blasphemed where I should have worshipped.
Alex
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
Two errors
[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=2469#2469]Here[/url] Conky wrote:Whats the first?jdaw1 wrote:Is this a reference to the second-best darts-based game show on television?
Conky’s apostrophe crimes
[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=2542#2542]Here[/url] Conky wrote:It was that bad, its become a little Cult-ish.
Uncle Tom’s apostrophe crime
[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=2706#2706]Here[/url] uncle tom wrote:and giving each bottle a necktag, to identify it's case
three dots (‟...”) are used instead of a true ellipsis chara
At least this thread doesn’t list all the posts in which three dots (‟...”) are used instead of a true ellipsis character (“…”). Doing that that really would keep me busy.