Your sew vein: Oh, the inconsistency

November 10, 2008

Once again, illogical placement of a random apostrophe-s here and there, but not everywhere. Why? WHYYYY?

Laura Payne said...: Love the name of your blog. Using homophones is a great way to have fun with language. I have written about the homophones on my blog. Language can be so entertaining.
http://www.walkinthewords.blogspot.com; November 24, 2008 at 8:45 PM
JD (The Engine Room) said...: There is consistency - cami and tee are abbreviations (for camisole and teeshirt respectively), so I'm assuming the apostrophes are used to indicate the missing letters.

There are no missing letters in 'leggings' and 'scarves', so no apostrophes either.; January 1, 2009 at 1:27 PM
JD (The Engine Room) said...: Oh, and I like your blog, by the way - I've added you to my blogroll and would be ecstatic if you would so much as consider returning the favour. Thanks, JD
http://engineroomblog.blogspot.com; January 1, 2009 at 1:52 PM
Amy Sue Nathan said...: I'd like to know what someone is going to do with the ONE extra legging.

Hmm...; January 12, 2009 at 7:34 PM
Michael from dadcation.com said...: That's who tweeted you-Amy Nathan! I knew I'd arrived here somehow.

I'm always amazed at what nouns get the privilege of an apostrophe and what nouns do not. I almost feel sorry for those in the latter camp.; January 16, 2009 at 8:32 AM