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   Jyrgen N @jyrgenn

   2026-10-14

   And now (as I was interrupted before) I also read the footnote, which explicitly mentioned the German "Deppenapostroph", and that he learned "idiot apostrophe" from a German. Well, I am pleased!

   Actually the German Deppenapostroph can be used with a pluralisation, or with a genitive (which does *not* have an apostrophe in German), or with something else. The worst I have seen was in "nachts'" (lit. at night), where it is particularly absurd.

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   Jyrgen N @jyrgenn

   2026-10-14

   To my joy I find in Dreyer's English under APOSTROPHES the term "idiot apostrophe" for an apostrophe used to pluralise a word. It is the equivalent of the German "Deppenapostroph" (for any misplaced apostrophe), which is slightly less formal, but equally condescending.

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   Jyrgen N @jyrgenn

   2026-10-13

   I like this one, which made the rounds a few years ago.

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   Jyrgen N @jyrgenn

   2026-10-13

   [Serendipity! I thought about someone, looked them up, followed a few links…]

   "Pregnancy and consent
   Or, how pregnancy made me so much more pro-choice”

   https://rmc28.dreamwidth.org/502026.html