Apostrophes and You

[maskedmelonpai]

i meant to say,

"but they still gonna ask what see-sed mean 90% of the time."

my iPhone betray me :c it taken long time to train it to accept what I tell it, but it still ignore me sometime >.>

[coldslaw]

Originally Posted by maskedmelonpai [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

past tense of "lol" though is "lol"

False. It's "l'dol"

Joking aside, can it not actually be whatever anyone wants it to be because its a acronym that as progressed into almost becoming a word of its own. There's really no standard definition on proper usage yet, other than it means "laugh out loud."

Kind of neat to be able to watch the evolution of a language in real time.

[paulgiamatti]

Originally Posted by paulgiamatti [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Well, it's also still a contraction.

Now I'm nerding out and have discovered you can also call it a syncope, although "fo'c's'le" appears to be unique in that it involves apostrophes. The only other time words are compressed in similar fashion is when done as a poetic device, such as "over" becoming "o'er", "never" becoming "ne'er", etc., which is also referred to as syncope.

[NachtMystium]

Originally Posted by Canelek [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I've noticed that the incorrect use of apostrophes is extremely common here (Solo'd, duo'd, etc.) Is that a thing on these boards or a genuine misuse of punctuation? I'm not bashing or language-shaming, but I am certainly intrigued.

imagine what kind of real life person is sitting there typing this shit on a 7 year old emulator for a 17 year old elf game. just really think hard what that existence must be like.

[paulgiamatti]

Also, something that occurred to me is I never actually use acronyms as past tense verbs, such as "I CCed that mob", or "I LoLed at that" - I consciously avoid this by simply phrasing it differently. "i had to cc that mob", "that made me lol irl", etc.

[Sadre Spinegnawer]

Originally Posted by paulgiamatti [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Also, something that occurred to me is I never actually use acronyms as past tense verbs, such as "I CCed that mob", or "I LoLed at that" - I consciously avoid this by simply phrasing it differently. "i had to cc that mob", "that made me lol irl", etc.

I tend to utilize the apostrophe for past tense. And I am ok with the past tense of lol being some form of lul'd.

By the way, I predict within 3 pages this thread will turn into a heated debate about the Battle of Agincourt re: what contributed more, the location of the battle in a concentrated and boggy area (which thwarted the French advantage in mounted and dismounted knights) or the technological advantage of the English longbows.

[Hordequester]

Originally Posted by paulgiamatti [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Also, something that occurred to me is I never actually use acronyms as past tense verbs, such as "I CCed that mob", or "I LoLed at that" - I consciously avoid this by simply phrasing it differently. "i had to cc that mob", "that made me lol irl", etc.

CC is an initialism... for the record.

[georgie]

This guy came on a high horse from some relationship salvaging forum, that only takes threads seriously if they are properly punctualized or are in appropriate stanza