Topic: What brines my pears

Anonymous A started this discussion 6 years ago #88,413

People who use apostrophes to pluralize English words.

Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 22 minutes later[^] [v] #1,011,324

That really butters my biscuits.

Sheila LaBoof joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 9 minutes later, 32 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,011,326

I would have thought it was salt solution

Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 1 hour later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,011,335

Dreamworks will tell you the Dutch use apostrophes to refer to plural nouns ending in vowels. F.ex: auto (car) becomes auto's (cars). That might confuse some non-native English speakers.

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 46 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,011,350

@previous (D)
Wrong.

Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 36 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,011,354

Mark Twain

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Anonymous D replied with this 6 years ago, 3 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,011,355

@1,011,350 (A)
Exactly why is that wrong?

tteh !MemesToDNA joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 1 hour later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,011,380

@1,011,350 (A)
It is, in fact, correct. It's the proper way to keep the vowel sound long for certain plurals in Dutch.

Foto > foto's, auto > auto's, collega > collega's, baby > baby's, etc. Thanks.

Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 12 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,011,382

@previous (tteh !MemesToDNA)
Wooden shoes, fingers in dykes, etc.

Bilbo !RwordOooFE joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 3 hours later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,011,401

Word's

Ananthanarayanan M R joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 37 minutes later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,011,404

kanker

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