apologetic apostrophe
nounDefinitions
An apostrophe added to a Scots word in order to give the appearance that it is a…
An apostrophe added to a Scots word in order to give the appearance that it is a contraction of an English word.
A similar apostrophe added to a present participle of the -in form in English or in…
A similar apostrophe added to a present participle of the -in form in English or in Scots, producing -in', according to the emic notion that the /ŋ/ is always contracted (as opposed to the forms coexisting allophonically).
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for apologetic apostrophe. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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