Jason O'Grady's Blog

A great little article (“Apostrophes in names stir lot o’ trouble“) appeared in the Press of AC on 21 February 2008 about the curse of the apostrophe. As someone living with the name “O’Grady” my whole life I can certain attest to this

Is it discrimination against the Irish?

I am posting the article after the jump because of the Press of AC’s orwellian Web site policies whereby they remove articles from their Web site after something like seven days. Sometimes the old media just doesn’t get it.

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Ever wonder about the difference between an apostrophe and a prime or foot mark? Basically, the apostrophe is curved like a close bracket and a prime or foot mark is straight up and down. To most people the difference is negligible, but to type snobs and grammatically sensitive Irishmen (Ahem!) it makes a huge difference. The Apostrophe Atrophy blog has posted a photo essay of this common mis-usage.