Apostrophe'''''s, when did the rot set in?

[LMC]

A shop near me sells fish and chip's. Dumbasses !

[pixel chick]

LMC said:

A shop near me sells fish and chip's. Dumbasses !

Are you sure that's not dumbasse's?

[jamesson]

Someone in the 700bhp Caddy thread said:

Check out their lovely Chargers & Camaro's

Why use one plural correctly and then get it wrong within seconds?




Edit for bloody formatting yet again! :-/

Edited by jamesson on Monday 26th October 16:02

[Johnnytheboy]

Correctly: Camaros, or Camaroes (like tomatoes)?

[DickyC]

Camarii

[sday12]

ZesPak said:

ton's

tonnes

[ZesPak]

sday12 said:

ZesPak said:

ton's

tonnes

Yes, as English isn't my native language, I can get it wrong sometimes. But I do think (to the op of this thread), the letter could be right in the right context, for example, wouldn't this work?:

Volkswagen vehicle's headlights?

Or is that also a no-go?

Edit: rofl @ there should be a question mark in the thread title .

Edited by ZesPak on Wednesday 28th October 08:56

[Strangely Brown]

ZesPak said:

But I do think (to the op of this thread), the letter could be right in the right context, for example, wouldn't this work?:

Volkswagen vehicle's headlights?

Or is that also a no-go?

It depends. Do Volkswagen only have one vehicle? Are you referring to a single vehicle belonging to Volkswagen?

If not then it should be Volkswagen vehicles' headlights, or simply Volkswagen vehicle headlights depending on what fits into the sentence better.

[Hammerwerfer]

Are they headlights or headlamps?

The Americanisation of the English language seems to be proceeding at an accelerating pace.

Edited by Hammerwerfer on Wednesday 28th October 10:04

[ZesPak]

Hammerwerfer said:

Are they headlights or headlamps?

The Amercanisation of the English language seems to be proceeding at an accelerating pace.

Well, this might be because we (continental Europeans), get American English instead of UK English.
All my business contacts in English are American too.

So to me they will always be headlights. I'm also at pistonheads.com, not pistonheads.co.uk, so I like to think I'm on an international forum, not a British one.

[sday12]

ZesPak said:

Hammerwerfer said:

Are they headlights or headlamps?

The Amercanisation of the English language seems to be proceeding at an accelerating pace.

Well, this might be because we (continental Europeans), get American English instead of UK English.
All my business contacts in English are American too.

So to me they will always be headlights. I'm also at pistonheads.com, not pistonheads.co.uk, so I like to think I'm on an international forum, not a British one.

American English?
There is only one English. The Queen's English.
Anything else is a bdisation.

[ZesPak]

sday12 said:

ZesPak said:

Hammerwerfer said:

Are they headlights or headlamps?

The Amercanisation of the English language seems to be proceeding at an accelerating pace.

Well, this might be because we (continental Europeans), get American English instead of UK English.
All my business contacts in English are American too.

So to me they will always be headlights. I'm also at pistonheads.com, not pistonheads.co.uk, so I like to think I'm on an international forum, not a British one.

American English?
There is only one English. The Queen's English.
Anything else is a bdisation.

You're starting to sound a bit French tough.

English with an American accent if you prefer.

[sday12]

ZesPak said:

sday12 said:

ZesPak said:

Hammerwerfer said:

Are they headlights or headlamps?

The Amercanisation of the English language seems to be proceeding at an accelerating pace.

Well, this might be because we (continental Europeans), get American English instead of UK English.
All my business contacts in English are American too.

So to me they will always be headlights. I'm also at pistonheads.com, not pistonheads.co.uk, so I like to think I'm on an international forum, not a British one.

American English?
There is only one English. The Queen's English.
Anything else is a bdisation.

You're starting to sound a bit French tough.

English with an American accent if you prefer.

Please don't confuse the English with those Cheese Eating Surrender Monkeys or Vile Spetics!

[Hammerwerfer]

The English language is under threat, not only from Americans, but the Eurocrats are coming up with their own version of the language as well.

I think that the English need to be more energetic in protecting their language!

[Pothole]

triggersbroom said:

They can be used as in belonging to...

i.e. Volkwagen vehicle's being vehicles belonging to VW - No?

NO!!!!! FFS!

[ZesPak]

sday12 said:

ZesPak said:

sday12 said:

ZesPak said:

Hammerwerfer said:

Are they headlights or headlamps?

The Amercanisation of the English language seems to be proceeding at an accelerating pace.

Well, this might be because we (continental Europeans), get American English instead of UK English.
All my business contacts in English are American too.

So to me they will always be headlights. I'm also at pistonheads.com, not pistonheads.co.uk, so I like to think I'm on an international forum, not a British one.

American English?
There is only one English. The Queen's English.
Anything else is a bdisation.

You're starting to sound a bit French tough.

English with an American accent if you prefer.

Please don't confuse the English with those Cheese Eating Surrender Monkeys or Vile Spetics!

I wasn't, I just didn't think you guys were so "language protectionists", don't really see the point in that. Let a language evolve. In 100 years, a lot of small languages will have dissapeared again, in favor of the big ones (English, French, Spanish). The language protectionists (like French) that will not allow their language to be changed by foreign influences will become the "Welsh" of the world.

[central]

Bigmouse said:

That depends on the reliability of your TVR's

Edited by Bigmouse on Wednesday 28th October 10:29

[CommanderJameson]

ZesPak said:

I wasn't, I just didn't think you guys were so "language protectionists", don't really see the point in that. Let a language evolve. In 100 years, a lot of small languages will have dissapeared again, in favor of the big ones (English, French, Spanish). The language protectionists (like French) that will not allow their language to be changed by foreign influences will become the "Welsh" of the world.

There's a difference between language protectionism by fiat, comme les Français, and people just getting it wrong not because they're part of an evolutionary process, but because they can't or won't spell or punctuate properly.

[ZesPak]

CommanderJameson said:

ZesPak said:

I wasn't, I just didn't think you guys were so "language protectionists", don't really see the point in that. Let a language evolve. In 100 years, a lot of small languages will have dissapeared again, in favor of the big ones (English, French, Spanish). The language protectionists (like French) that will not allow their language to be changed by foreign influences will become the "Welsh" of the world.

There's a difference between language protectionism by fiat, comme les Français, and people just getting it wrong not because they're part of an evolutionary process, but because they can't or won't spell or punctuate properly.

True that!
But I was referring to the comment I got on the "headlights". Now that sounds ok to me and isn't incorrect spelling imho...

Edit: Funny related pic

Edited by ZesPak on Wednesday 28th October 12:59

[sublimatica]

Pothole said:

triggersbroom said:

They can be used as in belonging to...

i.e. Volkwagen vehicle's being vehicles belonging to VW - No?

NO!!!!! FFS!

ZesPak said:

Edit: Funny related pic