Comments on: Give me that old time religious abuse http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2007/10/give-me-that-old-time-religious-abuse.html Links and visuals illustrating an orthographic pet peeve. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:35:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rachel http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2007/10/give-me-that-old-time-religious-abuse.html#comment-2794 Rachel Thu, 07 Feb 2008 06:22:00 +0000 http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2007/10/give-me-that-old-time-religious-abuse.html#comment-2794 Pythagoras must have been divinely-inspired. Pythagoras must have been divinely-inspired.

]]> By: Em http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2007/10/give-me-that-old-time-religious-abuse.html#comment-2539 Em Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:10:00 +0000 http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2007/10/give-me-that-old-time-religious-abuse.html#comment-2539 Oh my god. This blog simultaneously renews and destroys my faith in humanity's intelligence. Oh my god. This blog simultaneously renews and destroys my faith in humanity’s intelligence.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2007/10/give-me-that-old-time-religious-abuse.html#comment-2538 Anonymous Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:54:00 +0000 http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2007/10/give-me-that-old-time-religious-abuse.html#comment-2538 In Great Britain and many of its former colonies, “judgement” is still the correct spelling; but ever since Noah Webster decreed the first E superfluous, Americans have omitted it. Many of Webster’s crotchets have faded away (each year fewer people use the spelling “theater,” for instance); but even the producers of Terminator 2: Judgment Day, chose the traditional American spelling. If you write “judgement” you should also write “colour.” In Great Britain and many of its former colonies, “judgement” is still the correct spelling; but ever since Noah Webster decreed the first E superfluous, Americans have omitted it. Many of Webster’s crotchets have faded away (each year fewer people use the spelling “theater,” for instance); but even the producers of Terminator 2: Judgment Day, chose the traditional American spelling. If you write “judgement” you should also write “colour.”

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2007/10/give-me-that-old-time-religious-abuse.html#comment-2531 Anonymous Sun, 21 Oct 2007 03:25:00 +0000 http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2007/10/give-me-that-old-time-religious-abuse.html#comment-2531 I was at a Christmas party once where one of the guests had on a custom-embroidered holiday sweatshirt. On it were the names of her three children in a Christmas-y script, and arching over all three was:<br/><br/><b>"Mommy's little angles"</b><br/><br/>Great party. I was at a Christmas party once where one of the guests had on a custom-embroidered holiday sweatshirt. On it were the names of her three children in a Christmas-y script, and arching over all three was:

“Mommy’s little angles”

Great party.

]]> By: Mae http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2007/10/give-me-that-old-time-religious-abuse.html#comment-2519 Mae Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:08:00 +0000 http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2007/10/give-me-that-old-time-religious-abuse.html#comment-2519 looks like judgment can be spelled both ways... http://www.answers.com/judgement&r=67 looks like judgment can be spelled both ways… http://www.answers.com/judgement&r=67

]]> By: NotSoccer Mom http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2007/10/give-me-that-old-time-religious-abuse.html#comment-2517 NotSoccer Mom Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:06:00 +0000 http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2007/10/give-me-that-old-time-religious-abuse.html#comment-2517 and judgment is spelled incorrectly too! and judgment is spelled incorrectly too!

]]> By: Blue http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2007/10/give-me-that-old-time-religious-abuse.html#comment-2511 Blue Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:37:00 +0000 http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2007/10/give-me-that-old-time-religious-abuse.html#comment-2511 LOL Jesus God and the Angles LOL Jesus God and the Angles

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