Certainly not. I understood your comment perfectly, along with your deliberate catapostrophe. It was some of the other postings that made no sense whatsoever to me. That by fbharjo, for example.
Irony is something that we British are supposed to be good at - although I'd not, in fact, consider any of your comments especially ironical, since they lack the poignancy of true irony.
Bilby, do you mean you saw a catapostrophe or you saw the word catapostrophe?
If the former then I agree - I have no part in the creation of catapostrophes - if the latter, then how come they were using English in Chiusi back then?
So far as I am aware, I was the first person to use this word, around 2002 on the Wordcraft board. I thought of it myself and confess I had not previously seen the definition "perverted comma" - my own definition is "The catastrophic abuse or misuse of the apostrophe".
Comments by richardenglish
richardenglish commented on the word catapostrophe
quote, "...I can see irony is wasted, Dick. ..."
Certainly not. I understood your comment perfectly, along with your deliberate catapostrophe. It was some of the other postings that made no sense whatsoever to me. That by fbharjo, for example.
Irony is something that we British are supposed to be good at - although I'd not, in fact, consider any of your comments especially ironical, since they lack the poignancy of true irony.
September 9, 2009
richardenglish commented on the word catapostrophe
Quote, "...I'm not really that interested in catapostrophe's. ..."
That much at least is clear - even if much else that has been posted in this thread is unintelligible to me.
September 6, 2009
richardenglish commented on the word catapostrophe
Bilby, do you mean you saw a catapostrophe or you saw the word catapostrophe?
If the former then I agree - I have no part in the creation of catapostrophes - if the latter, then how come they were using English in Chiusi back then?
September 6, 2009
richardenglish commented on the word catapostrophe
So far as I am aware, I was the first person to use this word, around 2002 on the Wordcraft board. I thought of it myself and confess I had not previously seen the definition "perverted comma" - my own definition is "The catastrophic abuse or misuse of the apostrophe".
September 2, 2009