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Re:Germans decry influence of English as 'idiot's apostrophe... by neaden on Wednesday October 09, 2024 @03:40PM (#41791825)
All non-Greek languages are barbarian, since apparently it sounds like we are saying barbarbar to the ancient Greeks.
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Re:Germans decry influence of English as 'idiot's apostrophe... by AStonesThrow on Wednesday October 09, 2024 @04:44PM (#41792428)
Imagine how those Greeks resented scribes trying to separate words and phrases with spaces on precious vellum!

Those crazy Masoretic Jews trying to pollute sacred texts with vowels... You're just supposed to know them!

Punctuation was probably introduced by leaky quills dripping until someone put a positive spin on it.

What twist of fate gave us ampersands? Lets keep Ye Olde English pure! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorn_(letter)#Modern_English

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