Comments on: Ambiguously ironic superfluous grocer's apo'strophe http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/ambiguously-ironic-superfluous.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 01:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: teapot http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/ambiguously-ironic-superfluous.html#comment-1352990 teapot Fri, 24 Feb 2012 01:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145163#comment-1352990 Reminds me of this: http://explosm.net/db/files/Comics/guest6/CRW_jay_a_reaction.png Reminds me of this:

http://explosm.net/db/files/Comics/guest6/CRW_jay_a_reaction.png

]]> By: Teller http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/ambiguously-ironic-superfluous.html#comment-1352926 Teller Thu, 23 Feb 2012 23:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145163#comment-1352926 Let's admit defeat and just move to ITZ for both versions. wtf, right? Let’s admit defeat and just move to ITZ for both versions. wtf, right?

]]> By: Jan Angevine http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/ambiguously-ironic-superfluous.html#comment-1352837 Jan Angevine Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145163#comment-1352837 It's a its. It’s a its.

]]> By: jimh http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/ambiguously-ironic-superfluous.html#comment-1352830 jimh Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145163#comment-1352830 Because of the convenience of the sidewalk carts, I prefer: "Great taste on you're way!" Because of the convenience of the sidewalk carts, I prefer:
“Great taste on you’re way!”

]]> By: DewiMorgan http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/ambiguously-ironic-superfluous.html#comment-1352771 DewiMorgan Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145163#comment-1352771  You're looking in the wrong place. Look lower.  You’re looking in the wrong place. Look lower.

]]> By: abinocoe http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/ambiguously-ironic-superfluous.html#comment-1352747 abinocoe Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145163#comment-1352747 That just fills me with impotent rage, all the poor poor stupid people will think it's correct. That just fills me with impotent rage, all the poor poor stupid people will think it’s correct.

]]> By: retepslluerb http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/ambiguously-ironic-superfluous.html#comment-1352726 retepslluerb Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145163#comment-1352726 You forgot the period at the end of you sentence.  :-) You forgot the period at the end of you sentence.  :-)

]]> By: Deidzoeb http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/ambiguously-ironic-superfluous.html#comment-1352552 Deidzoeb Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145163#comment-1352552 If they extend the franchise to the Southern US, they could make it work: apostrophe y'all If they extend the franchise to the Southern US, they could make it work:
apostrophe y’all

]]> By: Art http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/ambiguously-ironic-superfluous.html#comment-1352513 Art Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145163#comment-1352513 I'm just happy that we're still literate enough to discuss the proper placement of punctuation :) I’m just happy that we’re still literate enough to discuss the proper placement of punctuation :)

]]> By: ChickieD http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/ambiguously-ironic-superfluous.html#comment-1352503 ChickieD Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145163#comment-1352503 When I was a kid in Birmingham, AL (USA) there was a children's clothing store that was all the rage with the upper crust crowd called "Your Kidding." The title without an apostrophe was such a head scratcher. Did they mean it to be a clever play on "Your kids"?  I could never figure it out. This to me is like that. When I was a kid in Birmingham, AL (USA) there was a children’s clothing store that was all the rage with the upper crust crowd called “Your Kidding.” The title without an apostrophe was such a head scratcher. Did they mean it to be a clever play on “Your kids”?  I could never figure it out. This to me is like that.

]]> By: DevinC http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/ambiguously-ironic-superfluous.html#comment-1352469 DevinC Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145163#comment-1352469 My love of cleverness and wordplay here is overwhelmed by the fact that misplaced apostrophes make my brain itch. My love of cleverness and wordplay here is overwhelmed by the fact that misplaced apostrophes make my brain itch.

]]> By: The Life Of Bryan http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/ambiguously-ironic-superfluous.html#comment-1352463 The Life Of Bryan Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145163#comment-1352463 Is that an apostrophe or a foot mark in “it’s”? I can’t quite tell from the photo. If so, that would be even more ironic (for certain values of irony that may or may not involve rain on your wedding day). And I believe that from this day forward I shall refer to the foot mark as the Sears Apostrophe. Is that an apostrophe or a foot mark in “it’s”? I can’t quite tell from the photo. If so, that would be even more ironic (for certain values of irony that may or may not involve rain on your wedding day).

And I believe that from this day forward I shall refer to the foot mark as the Sears Apostrophe.

]]> By: peterkvt80 http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/ambiguously-ironic-superfluous.html#comment-1352427 peterkvt80 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145163#comment-1352427 I'm not going to accuse Apostrophe of being too clever. If you choose a name like that then sooner or later you will get an ironic blunder. I did read some reviews of the place. My favourite quote was "the food is not to be sniffed at". I’m not going to accuse Apostrophe of being too clever. If you choose a name like that then sooner or later you will get an ironic blunder. I did read some reviews of the place. My favourite quote was “the food is not to be sniffed at”.

]]> By: Joe McNally http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/ambiguously-ironic-superfluous.html#comment-1352406 Joe McNally Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145163#comment-1352406 Their website currently features a competition to win tickets to the National Theatre to see Lenny Henry in "The Comedy Errors". Hmm. Their website currently features a competition to win tickets to the National Theatre to see Lenny Henry in “The Comedy Errors”. Hmm.

]]> By: Amelia_G http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/ambiguously-ironic-superfluous.html#comment-1352368 Amelia_G Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145163#comment-1352368 Is that a grocer's or a grocers' apostrophe? Is that a grocer’s or a grocers’ apostrophe?

]]> By: Rob Hobson http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/ambiguously-ironic-superfluous.html#comment-1352365 Rob Hobson Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145163#comment-1352365 "It's either ironic or too clever by far." I'm not sure I can parse the difference. “It’s either ironic or too clever by far.”

I’m not sure I can parse the difference.

]]> By: EH http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/ambiguously-ironic-superfluous.html#comment-1352340 EH Thu, 23 Feb 2012 07:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145163#comment-1352340 That's what's known as a $5 cupcake. That’s what’s known as a $5 cupcake.

]]> By: Ian Wood http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/ambiguously-ironic-superfluous.html#comment-1352333 Ian Wood Thu, 23 Feb 2012 07:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145163#comment-1352333 Cement is more interesting than people think. Cement is more interesting than people think.

]]> By: paul_leader http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/ambiguously-ironic-superfluous.html#comment-1352331 paul_leader Thu, 23 Feb 2012 07:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145163#comment-1352331 People seem to be missing the funny here. It's not the wonky apostrophe above the "o", that's just part of the logo. It's the apostrophe in the "great taste on it's way". People seem to be missing the funny here.

It’s not the wonky apostrophe above the “o”, that’s just part of the logo.

It’s the apostrophe in the “great taste on it’s way”.

]]> By: PaulMorel http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/ambiguously-ironic-superfluous.html#comment-1352330 PaulMorel Thu, 23 Feb 2012 07:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145163#comment-1352330 You all think too hard. It's supposed to look like a smile with a tongue licking the lips. kind of like :-d EDIT: Oh, I see it now ... lol. You all think too hard. It’s supposed to look like a smile with a tongue licking the lips. kind of like :-d

EDIT: Oh, I see it now … lol.

]]> By: Wreckrob8 http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/ambiguously-ironic-superfluous.html#comment-1352326 Wreckrob8 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145163#comment-1352326 A final apostrophe would have been equally ironic but much much cooler. This just makes me think it's a wrongly placed Greek accent. A final apostrophe would have been equally ironic but much much cooler. This just makes me think it’s a wrongly placed Greek accent.

]]> By: chipsandchips http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/ambiguously-ironic-superfluous.html#comment-1352320 chipsandchips Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145163#comment-1352320 I see a little push along cart. I see a little push along cart.

]]> By: chipsandchips http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/ambiguously-ironic-superfluous.html#comment-1352321 chipsandchips Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145163#comment-1352321  Within a little push along cart I mean.  Within a little push along cart I mean.

]]> By: technobach http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/ambiguously-ironic-superfluous.html#comment-1352319 technobach Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145163#comment-1352319 It's a hipster version of an umlaut. It’s a hipster version of an umlaut.

]]> By: SoItBegins http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/ambiguously-ironic-superfluous.html#comment-1352317 SoItBegins Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145163#comment-1352317 "Its" too clever by half is what it is. “Its” too clever by half is what it is.

]]> By: Petzl http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/ambiguously-ironic-superfluous.html#comment-1352316 Petzl Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145163#comment-1352316 Perhaps the chain should be called Typo's. Perhaps the chain should be called Typo’s.

]]> By: Joseph Francis http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/ambiguously-ironic-superfluous.html#comment-1352308 Joseph Francis Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145163#comment-1352308 Its funny! Its funny!

]]> By: nixiebunny http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/ambiguously-ironic-superfluous.html#comment-1352306 nixiebunny Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145163#comment-1352306 The meaning rides on the invisible word: "great taste on it is way [cool]". The meaning rides on the invisible word: “great taste on it is way [cool]“.

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