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So apparently people from Colorado call apostrophes high commas, which I thought was interesting. Is there anything else with an odd name that has weird possible results?
(image by Hydro, cause he's a baller)
The High Comma
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tofucake
Hyrule19192 Posts
First thing that popped into my brain So apparently people from Colorado call apostrophes high commas, which I thought was interesting. Is there anything else with an odd name that has weird possible results? (image by Hydro, cause he's a baller) | ||
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muse5187
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emperorchampion
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n.DieJokes
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sob3k
United States7572 Posts
On May 19 2011 11:23 tofucake wrote: So I got into a discussion evolving from something about drinking bitches (like...blending them or something) I think you can go to prison for stuff like that... | ||
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endy
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Hydro
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unichan
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AcrossFiveJulys
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Probulous
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Can't say I have ever heard of High Commas. I think we need someone from Colorado to confirm this... | ||
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1a2a3a[MB]
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Jonoman92
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GG.NoRe
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L_Master
United States8017 Posts
On May 19 2011 13:56 Jonoman92 wrote: Don't generalize all people from Colorado! I'm living there right now and I've never head an apostrophe called that... Seconded. In fact I have never heard high comma until this post haha. | ||
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Probulous
Australia3894 Posts
On May 19 2011 15:02 L_Master wrote: Seconded. In fact I have never heard high comma until this post haha. Right so we now the proposer is out numbered by those that disagree. I think we need to find someone from Colorado who actually uses this. | ||
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mizU
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tofucake
Hyrule19192 Posts
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SirJolt
the Dagon Knight4010 Posts
On May 19 2011 11:23 tofucake wrote: ...about how ambiguous grammar rules are awesome The Oxford comma is among my favourite pieces of punctuation, and I have no idea why some people frown upon it. | ||
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