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# in as much that 'typo'
is an abbreviation of 'typographical error', would an apostrophe not be acceptable?


(I helped save b3ta! Sir Aunty Grampa Dave the Hat - enjoying a post-meridian muncheon - Ta! Cannaoogim!?, Tue 27 Sep 2005, 12:49, archived)
# No, since typos is plaural, not possessive
(I helped save b3ta! Cocodaye Miasere likes chips and peas, Tue 27 Sep 2005, 12:51, archived)
# 'typos is plaural'! Hahahaha! you kill me . . .


(I helped save b3ta! Sir Aunty Grampa Dave the Hat - enjoying a post-meridian muncheon - Ta! Cannaoogim!?, Tue 27 Sep 2005, 12:52, archived)
# Dont mind if I do
*bides time*


I knew I should have checked spelling before posting in a pedant post
(I helped save b3ta! Cocodaye Miasere likes chips and peas, Tue 27 Sep 2005, 12:55, archived)
# But...
Surely the apostrophe could be there to indicate that it is abbreviated...
(J.T., Tue 27 Sep 2005, 12:53, archived)
# yes, that's what I meant . . .
after all 'that's' is an abbreviation of 'that is'


(I helped save b3ta! Sir Aunty Grampa Dave the Hat - enjoying a post-meridian muncheon - Ta! Cannaoogim!?, Tue 27 Sep 2005, 12:54, archived)
# But in that sense
the apostrophe indicates a missing letter in the body of a contraction.
'typo' has just had letters lopped off the end, in the same way that 'stereo' or 'radio' have, and hence doesn't merit one.

/geek
(I helped save b3ta! grey kid is breakdancing to save a community centre, Tue 27 Sep 2005, 12:57, archived)
# But the appostrophe is to show there is a letter (or sometimes 2)
missing between words. For example, Im going t'pub
(I helped save b3ta! Cocodaye Miasere likes chips and peas, Tue 27 Sep 2005, 12:57, archived)
# yeah
I was just backing you up - as is this webpage:


Plural and Possessive Abbreviations

The formation of plurals and possessives is usually pretty straightforward, except in the case of abbreviations and acronyms. The following rules should help.

To form the plural of an abbreviation, a number, or a capital letter used as a noun, simply add an 's' to the end.

* A group of MPs
* The late 1940s
* Mind your Ps and Qs

To form the plural of an abbreviation with periods, a lowercase letter used as a noun, and abbreviations or capital letters that would be ambiguous or confusing if the 's' alone were added, use an apostrophe and an 's'.

* A group of M.P.'s (see note below)
* The x's in the equation
* Sending SOS's


Edit: I just reread that - and it kinda shows the other way is right...
(J.T., Tue 27 Sep 2005, 12:58, archived)
# Er, nurse...? NURSE!
;)
(I helped save b3ta! grey kid is breakdancing to save a community centre, Tue 27 Sep 2005, 12:54, archived)
# No.
Not now that 'typo' is an accepted term in the English language.

/editorial boringness
(Pachey, Tue 27 Sep 2005, 12:52, archived)
# OK, so when does a term bocome officially accepted . . .

/boring question


(I helped save b3ta! Sir Aunty Grampa Dave the Hat - enjoying a post-meridian muncheon - Ta! Cannaoogim!?, Tue 27 Sep 2005, 12:53, archived)
# when the dictionary people have recieved enough bribes
:)
(I helped save b3ta! bilbobarneybobs I'll be 14 in b3ta years soon., Tue 27 Sep 2005, 12:54, archived)
# I before e . . .


(I helped save b3ta! Sir Aunty Grampa Dave the Hat - enjoying a post-meridian muncheon - Ta! Cannaoogim!?, Tue 27 Sep 2005, 12:55, archived)
# whien?
(0800221155 Coldseal windows, Tue 27 Sep 2005, 12:56, archived)
# ooh bloody hell
I always get that one wrong
(I helped save b3ta! bilbobarneybobs I'll be 14 in b3ta years soon., Tue 27 Sep 2005, 13:01, archived)
# never mind . . .
the point is, it doesn't really matter, but we get a leetle bit of smug satisfaction pointing it out to others . . .


(I helped save b3ta! Sir Aunty Grampa Dave the Hat - enjoying a post-meridian muncheon - Ta! Cannaoogim!?, Tue 27 Sep 2005, 13:04, archived)
# ..except after c is a fucking stupid rule,
just look at all these exceptions.
(tomsk, Tue 27 Sep 2005, 13:05, archived)
# i before e
okay then...

reciept
deciet
riegn
wieght
hieght

blah blah blah!!!
(RiverChelt, Tue 27 Sep 2005, 13:05, archived)
# whoops...
...forgets rest of rule, excpet after c, still, at least two of these were valid!
(RiverChelt, Tue 27 Sep 2005, 13:07, archived)
# But it's wrong half the time, and deeply misleading.
Learning shitty pedantic rules is no substitute for actually learning how to spell words. Not that it matters that much anyway nowadays. The only reason we have such crazy spelling in English is to stop Johnny Foreigner (oh look, there's another one) from learning it in a couple of months.
(tomsk, Tue 27 Sep 2005, 13:11, archived)
# Yes...
...particular credit should be given to the old gent who invented so many ways to pronounce the letters "...ough". That'll confuse those darn foreign types!
(RiverChelt, Tue 27 Sep 2005, 13:13, archived)
# couple of months
PPfft..3 weeks is more than enough
(I helped save b3ta! olivier8 (euroloon), Tue 27 Sep 2005, 13:45, archived)
# When it's in the dictionary
But it doesn't matter if it's unofficial if everyone knows what you mean.
(Pachey, Tue 27 Sep 2005, 12:58, archived)
# but the term "typographical error"
is too. So it goes either way, really.
(0800221155 Coldseal windows, Tue 27 Sep 2005, 12:55, archived)