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Re:"Four Seconds to Hot Up the Disintegrator, Google Had Tol... by FactolSarin on Tuesday September 17, 2024 @02:07PM (#41570752)
The apostrophe here most likely represents a glottal stop (as in Hawai'i).
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Re:"Four Seconds to Hot Up the Disintegrator, Google Had Tol... by thaumasiotes on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @02:45AM (#41576550)
Unlikely, since no English speaker would be able to pronounce that cluster. The odds are overwhelming that it represents nothing at all, just like the apostrophe in "don't".
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