A list of 69 words by bilby.
- o'ersnow'dwas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- ha'penn'orthwas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- ha'n'twas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- y'all'dn't've'dwas added by bilby and appears on 3 lists
- whomst'd've'nt't'dn't've's'd've'llwas added by bilby and appears on 7 lists
- Y'all'd've'f'I'd'vewas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- y'all'rewas added by bilby and appears on 4 lists
- ʻaʻāwas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- =|kx'au||'einwas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- what-d'ye-call-'emwas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- short'nin' breadwas added by bilby and appears on 3 lists
- jusqu'aujourd'huiwas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- tsé naat'a'íwas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- u'pik'ayap'onawas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- ha'penny'llwas added by bilby and appears on 3 lists
- fo'c's'lewas added by bilby and appears on 4 lists
- should'ven'twas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- what'ren'twas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- where'sn'twas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- why'sn'twas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- who'lln'twas added by bilby and appears on 3 lists
- must'ven'twas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- he'lln'twas added by bilby and appears on 3 lists
- that'll'vewas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- ‘Ō‘ūwas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- tapia'ji'jkwas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- do's and don't'swas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- a'su'wawas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- u'kstapuc'ewas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- ' 'swas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- me'kite'lsultinejwas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- i'dn't'vewas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- ai'n'twas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- abr'v'nwas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- daft ha'p'orthwas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- tl'imshya'isita'itlmawas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- pork 'n' beanswas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- b'noc'larswas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- be'n'twas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- oughtn't'vewas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- t'other'swas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- 'a'p'orthwas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- ha'p'orthwas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- cap'n'swas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- pick 'n' mixwas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- wu'n'twas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- di'n'twas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- i'n'twas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- r'n'b'swas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- 'tisn'twas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- y'all'd'vewas added by bilby and appears on 6 lists
- p'ch'zarni'chiwkovwas added by bilby and appears on 3 lists
- tam'o'shanterwas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- 'tweren'twas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- fish'n'chipswas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- 'twouldn't'vewas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- o'clock'swas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- bos'n'swas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- sha'n'twas added by bilby and appears on 3 lists
- 'twasn'twas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- who'd'vewas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- i'll'vewas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- 'tain'twas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- rock'n'rollwas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- couldn't'vewas added by bilby and appears on 4 lists
- wouldn't'vewas added by bilby and appears on 4 lists
- shouldn't'vewas added by bilby and appears on 5 lists
- i'd'vewas added by bilby and appears on 6 lists
- fo'c'slewas added by bilby and appears on 8 lists
jennarenn commented on the list at-least-two-apostrophes-or-your-money-back
Cool idea. See y'all for a discussion of contractions.
November 21, 2007
asativum commented on the list at-least-two-apostrophes-or-your-money-back
Nifty. How about shouldn't've, wouldn't've and couldn't've?
November 21, 2007
bilby commented on the list at-least-two-apostrophes-or-your-money-back
Done. Send me the bill.
November 21, 2007
uselessness commented on the list at-least-two-apostrophes-or-your-money-back
Here's a vote for 'tain't. :-)
November 21, 2007
bilby commented on the list at-least-two-apostrophes-or-your-money-back
Any more cockneys, roll on up.
November 21, 2007
chained_bear commented on the list at-least-two-apostrophes-or-your-money-back
Ha! Love the list, love the title. I'll think of some more. Or I'll've been remiss.
November 21, 2007
bilby commented on the list at-least-two-apostrophes-or-your-money-back
I'll've to let the bear go if he keeps this up.
November 21, 2007
chained_bear commented on the list at-least-two-apostrophes-or-your-money-back
Well, who'd've thought? We'd've, apparently.
I wish I could think of some more slangy interesting ones than these. I'll shut up until I do.
November 21, 2007
skipvia commented on the list at-least-two-apostrophes-or-your-money-back
Well, c_b, if anybody'd've, you'd've.
These are hard to type...
November 21, 2007
seanahan commented on the list at-least-two-apostrophes-or-your-money-back
'twasn't the night before Christmas.
November 21, 2007
reesetee commented on the list at-least-two-apostrophes-or-your-money-back
Not sure if this is kosher, bilby, but how about the possessive of bos'n (bos'n's)?
November 21, 2007
kewpid commented on the list at-least-two-apostrophes-or-your-money-back
sha'n't
November 21, 2007
chained_bear commented on the list at-least-two-apostrophes-or-your-money-back
'tweren't and 'twasn't. We use this at work all the time.
I like sha'n't, but I think technically it's usually shan't.
How would one use o'clock's in a sentence properly? How can that word have a possessive version? EDIT: Just saw Bilby's comment on the o'clock's page. Thanks for answering the question!
Oh! Oh! I got one: 'twouldn't've. Wow!
November 21, 2007
minerva commented on the list at-least-two-apostrophes-or-your-money-back
This list is wonderful, i'n't it?
December 4, 2007
sarra commented on the list at-least-two-apostrophes-or-your-money-back
sha'n't is fine, as it was once shalln't.
I di'n't see one I might sometimes use in there. I also like wu'n't (for possibly both of wouldn't and won't), but that's rocky dialect ground.
Unfortunately you oughtn't've had tam'o'shanter: it should really be tam-o'-shanter (there's nothing missing before the o, so it doesn't warrant an apostrophe). Wanting spaces are rock 'n' roll and fish 'n' chips, though these could stay. And add pick 'n' mix!
December 15, 2007
sarra commented on the list at-least-two-apostrophes-or-your-money-back
Two more! One is that if you have bos'n's you can have cap'n's. T'other's from Yorkshire. ;)
December 15, 2007
sarra commented on the list at-least-two-apostrophes-or-your-money-back
I can't stop. Daft ha'p'orth am I. (It's even 'a'p'orth round our way.)
December 15, 2007
bilby commented on the list at-least-two-apostrophes-or-your-money-back
Sarra's so cute when her dialect is showing! I defend tam'o'shanter on four counts. 1) I did a search and found this exact spelling on at least fifty websites. So some people like/use it, even if it's a load of hooey; 2) It embodies the Grocer's Apostrophe effect, which like it or not is one of the few thing's keep apostrophe's alive in English today. I was walking past a Travelling Peoples Centre today and I thought 'Hey, these people don't even have real houses, at least you could spare them an apostrophe'; 3) It's a load of nonsense, and I have deep affection for nonsense; 4) I forget number four, but it was probably devastating.
December 15, 2007
sarra commented on the list at-least-two-apostrophes-or-your-money-back
Gosh, if you're counting grocer's apostrophe's, you could go miles with this list...
P.S. Either you've missed some clues, or you choose to be judicious!
December 15, 2007
bilby commented on the list at-least-two-apostrophes-or-your-money-back
I'druther'ven't missed the ones I missed! I'm an addict of rocky dialectical ground ... are there other types of ground?! If you can render Dalziel and Pascoe (in full Warren Clarke) into phonetic spelling I think I'll die a happy man :-)
December 15, 2007
bilby commented on the list at-least-two-apostrophes-or-your-money-back
The rock'n'roll effect is that it saves space in tabloid headlines:
ROCK'N'ROLL STAR
SUICIDES AT HOTEL
We've all probably seen some formulation like this. It's trite but also a curious linguistic phenomenon and my curi needs feeding.
December 15, 2007
bilby commented on the list at-least-two-apostrophes-or-your-money-back
r'n'b's a different case because the graph r 'n' b just seems too spaced out, lazy, undynamic and inco-shiftya-ass-herent to make much sense at all.
December 15, 2007
minerva commented on the list at-least-two-apostrophes-or-your-money-back
Another one: be'n't.
December 17, 2007
asativum commented on the list at-least-two-apostrophes-or-your-money-back
I've never seen wha'd'ya know good written out, so the apostrophes could vary. Still, seems like a good candidate.
April 20, 2008
frindley commented on the list at-least-two-apostrophes-or-your-money-back
Mark Twain in his Samuel Clemens hat had something to say on this subject, being an advocate for sha'n't and possibly ai'n't (or something similar, it was a long time ago that I read it).
April 20, 2008
bilby commented on the list at-least-two-apostrophes-or-your-money-back
Thanks for the suggestions. Sha'n't's already there and ai'n't's plausible. Not sure I grok wha'd'ya know good.
June 6, 2008
daemonelson commented on the list at-least-two-apostrophes-or-your-money-back
I'dn't've. I appear to use this one a lot.
June 13, 2008
bilby commented on the list at-least-two-apostrophes-or-your-money-back
Bless you.
June 13, 2008
sarra commented on the list at-least-two-apostrophes-or-your-money-back
Oh dear. Not a suggested addition, but a sign outside a sports centre near me advertises five'a'side!
July 22, 2008
bilby commented on the list at-least-two-apostrophes-or-your-money-back
It's probably for the ring'a'ring'a'rosy team ;-)
July 23, 2008
whichbe commented on the list at-least-two-apostrophes-or-your-money-back
N'ev'e
August 30, 2008
rajington commented on the list at-least-two-apostrophes-or-your-money-back
ya'll'dn't've'd (you all would not have had) this discussion without wordie
October 5, 2008
whichbe commented on the list at-least-two-apostrophes-or-your-money-back
u'pik'ayap'ona
December 19, 2008
janusword commented on the list at-least-two-apostrophes-or-your-money-back
how 'bout nu'kwa'la'titl? (they burned him/her)
December 29, 2008
bilby commented on the list at-least-two-apostrophes-or-your-money-back
Was he/she a witch?
December 29, 2008