The Apostrophe

[mayogodhelpus@gmail.com]

I get the impression (from my kids homework etc.) that there's a comparative lack (with my own recollections) of emphasis on spellings nowadays.

Ya well I can tell ya for certain it must have been bad for quite a while. I got an B1 in English in the leaving well over a decade ago, but I can't spell for shit

[muppet]

I get the impression (from my kids homework etc.) that there's a comparative lack (with my own recollections) of emphasis on spellings nowadays.

Ya well I can tell ya for certain it must have been bad for quite a while. I got an B1 in English in the leaving well over a decade ago, but I can't spell for shit

grammar u not good.

[Fear ón Srath Bán]

The use of the apostrophe in the anglicized Irish names is an incorrect application as far as I understand, another example of the English not checking with the natives first. I also hate when Mac (Mc) & O names applied as such O'neill, Mac'donald, Mcdonald. The Neill or Donald is separate words from the O or Mac/Mc.

Couldn't agree more, an abomination is the concatenation of separate and distinct Irish words into an anglicised mélange. I'd say, however, that the English did check with the natives first, and then did what they normally did where the Irish and their preferences were concerned. The very opposite.

[mayogodhelpus@gmail.com]

I get the impression (from my kids homework etc.) that there's a comparative lack (with my own recollections) of emphasis on spellings nowadays.

Ya well I can tell ya for certain it must have been bad for quite a while. I got an B1 in English in the leaving well over a decade ago, but I can't spell for shit

grammar u not good.

ha ha I never noticed I used "an" instead of "a", my poor grammar on this board is a result of laziness. My poor spelling is a result of poor spelling.

[Billys Boots]

Billy you're sailing close to the apostrophe wind with that user name...Billy's?

When I joined many moons ago we weren't allowed use apostrophes in usernames - don't know if we are now.

[muppet]

Billy you're sailing close to the apostrophe wind with that user name...Billy's?

When I joined many moons ago we weren't allowed use apostrophes in usernames - don't know if we are now.

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[cornafean]

I must really wreck your head then!

It wreck's mine. It surely doe's.

[ONeill]

The use of the apostrophe in the anglicized Irish names is an incorrect application as far as I understand, another example of the English not checking with the natives first. I also hate when Mac (Mc) & O names applied as such O'neill, Mac'donald, Mcdonald. The Neill or Donald is separate words from the O or Mac/Mc.

Couldn't agree more, an abomination is the concatenation of separate and distinct Irish words into an anglicised mélange. I'd say, however, that the English did check with the natives first, and then did what they normally did where the Irish and their preferences were concerned. The very opposite.

Reveal a bit more here. So, what should I call myself from now on? O Neill? or ONeill?

[Hardy]

Stick a feather duster up your arse and call yourself a shuttlecock.

(I hope Eugene McGee isn't reading).

[mayogodhelpus@gmail.com]

The use of the apostrophe in the anglicized Irish names is an incorrect application as far as I understand, another example of the English not checking with the natives first. I also hate when Mac (Mc) & O names applied as such O'neill, Mac'donald, Mcdonald. The Neill or Donald is separate words from the O or Mac/Mc.

Couldn't agree more, an abomination is the concatenation of separate and distinct Irish words into an anglicised mélange. I'd say, however, that the English did check with the natives first, and then did what they normally did where the Irish and their preferences were concerned. The very opposite.

Reveal a bit more here. So, what should I call myself from now on? O Neill? or ONeill?

O Neill should be the correct anglicisation, O'Neill is the accepted, I would not be an expert on the correct Irish spelling. This is of particular annoyance to me as I am of the Mac/Mc/O surnames myself.

[Denn Forever]

O Neill should be the correct anglicisation, O'Neill is the accepted, I would not be an expert on the correct Irish spelling. This is of particular annoyance to me as I am of the Mac/Mc/O surnames myself.

I reckon Microsoft will harmonise all spelling as the hand written script is decling.  Would write Mc (my surname) when signing cheques but Microsoft spells it Mc(my surname).

Talkking of cheques, after 2018 there wont be anymore cheques.  Who'd have thought.

 

[A Quinn Martin Production]

O Neill should be the correct anglicisation, O'Neill is the accepted, I would not be an expert on the correct Irish spelling. This is of particular annoyance to me as I am of the Mac/Mc/O surnames myself.

I reckon Microsoft will harmonise all spelling as the hand written script is decling.  Would write Mc (my surname) when signing cheques but Microsoft spells it Mc(my surname).

Talkking of cheques, after 2018 there wont be anymore cheques.  Who'd have thought.

This will lead to the death of one of the great lies "The cheque's in the post"

[saffron sam2]

Went past a home bakery this morning where you could buy Christmas Loave's.

[Hardy]

The Apostrophe Protection Scoiety

[Hardy]

All hope is lost.

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