Thread: Abolish the apostrophe!

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

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(I'm getting a bit over-excited here).

When I suggested the abolition of the apostrophe to my wife this morning, she just commented that I must be bored...

Either that, or your Land Rover doesn't need fixing at the moment

Originally Posted by 87County

is the wink because it's incorrect?

Was it incorrect? i thought it was because mick used two examples in one post, or couldn't make up his mind, but it also could have been because he was taking the mick.

Only a lower class bogan would want to get rid of the Apostrophe - is very useful if used correctly

What will the great unwashed come up with next?

I think auto-correct corrected my deliberate error and I didn't notice.

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Did anyone notice it's omission here?

Yes, both of them.

Originally Posted by Bigbjorn

Go visit the CBD in Melbourne or Sydney and see if you can find an Australian.

Ah well that is Melbourne for you, first it was the Greeks who in most cases assimilated extremely well as they did in Adelaide but now days who really knows what the majority of the populace is in either city? Possibly Chinese here, well certainly in the Eastern Suburbs. CBD? Never go in there as I have no reason to.

Sydney has always historically been a comprehensive population.

I blame the Bomb me.

Yet another thread turned to bigotry!

...Seriously, what has an apostrophe got to do with the cultural diversity of Melbourne?

Not using an apostrophe doesn’t make you a bogan, it’s just incorrect use of the English written language.

What does make you a bogan however, is the expectation that everyone in Australia should be just like you and the racist notion that only white Euro / Australians are ‘real Aussies’.

As much as I want to agree with you all that the apostrophe has a purpose, I see no benefit in it's use. However as I type I notice that autocorrect is inserting them automatically (but can't correct autocorrect.... go figure).

If you want to get up in arms about removing the apostrophe why not get up in arms about the use of abbreviations! They're = They are, It's = it is, wouldn't = would not. If we are not going to get lazy then let us do it properly and type/pronounce EVERYTHING. This obviously does not include the whole pronoun ownership thing that they do.

My point is, language changes with the times.

Please note: I am sure you can easily spot grammar mistakes within my post. I really do not care.