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# Oh look. A computer-generated landscape
tj: is anyone here good at that gramma thing wot they tried to teach us at school?
(I helped save b3ta! Zak McFlimby Twibbling @McFlimby, Tue 18 May 2004, 16:19, archived)
# last night these things were all the rage.
i'm SO last night.
(alexnessie \o/., Tue 18 May 2004, 16:19, archived)
# I am.
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Tue 18 May 2004, 16:21, archived)
# excellent
Did I get the apostrophe wrong on this?
b3ta.com/board/3208103

Edit: Yeah - I wasn't so sure about it either.

Perhaps "Fat Ugly Girl" is her name - so then it is singular. - don't look up Fat Ugly Girl's skirt(s).
errr....
(I helped save b3ta! Zak McFlimby Twibbling @McFlimby, Tue 18 May 2004, 16:22, archived)
# That's fine
at least i think it is.
(generalname, Tue 18 May 2004, 16:24, archived)
# It also appears i'm a prat
See what they've said down there
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(generalname, Tue 18 May 2004, 16:29, archived)
# yep, should be girls'
i believe
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Tue 18 May 2004, 16:25, archived)
# yes
girls' skirt
(I helped save b3ta! mongychops, Tue 18 May 2004, 16:26, archived)
# If you meant
girls in the plural, and I think you did, then yes, it should have been girls'.

Edit: Having said that, it occurs to me that this is a mistake often made by chemists, in which case your reproduction of said mistake was a stroke of genius. Ok?
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Tue 18 May 2004, 16:26, archived)
# Nope
it's the skirt belonging to the girl, therefore it's 'the girl's skirt'.
EDIT: Oh yes, it's plural, so it should have been girls' skirt. Sorry.
(I helped save b3ta! Matazone has new icons, but is keeping this one, Tue 18 May 2004, 16:26, archived)
# It depends on whether the girl(s) are singlular or plural
If there is only one girl and she owns her skirt, then you are correct. If the suggestion is that you should stop taking pictures up lots of girls' skirts in general, then it is wrong.

I think you are right, as it is only a piece of humour, and aimed directly at the person holding the piccie.

Kerching, my tuppence worth...
/edit MINDPISS!
(I live near Nork, Surrey, honest, Tue 18 May 2004, 16:31, archived)
# yes
it's "girl's skirt"; "girls' skirts"
(I helped save b3ta! dotmund .co.uk, Tue 18 May 2004, 16:37, archived)
# perhaps I would understand it better
if you were to illustrate the point using farmland animals and comic sans.
hehe
I think ALL edumication should be done using cartoons.
(I helped save b3ta! Zak McFlimby Twibbling @McFlimby, Tue 18 May 2004, 16:40, archived)
# hint
turn it around and the apostrophe goes at the end

i.e. skirts of ugly girls=ugly girls' skirts
i.e. skirts of the ugly girl=the ugly girl's skirts
(I helped save b3ta! cunilinguini, Tue 18 May 2004, 17:00, archived)
# what do you need to know?
I might be able to help.
(michael_k_vegfruit, Tue 18 May 2004, 16:22, archived)
# I done got me a whole heap o' book learnin
on them there grammars
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 18 May 2004, 16:22, archived)