@Mrs Liveinbin & Frau Cluckers
You've actually made my day with the reminder of the 'mysterious disappearing apostrophe'. Being a devotee of all things antique, I have books where 'plane, 'phone and 'bus regularly appear.

I'm now straining some corroded braincells in an attempt to think of more examples.

Ooh... 'cycle. And 'copter (that's a Sci-Fi one. Points for author).

Oh yes, 'hanged' as opposed to 'hung'. 'Flammable' and 'Inflammable'.

I am also one of those cursed with being a 'work B3tan' so my boring posts are often quickly hammered out before someone minces over and enquires why on earth I am talking about bodily functions to complete strangers with unstable bowels. This could explain over-long sentences (above) and the occasional typo or grammatical error. Please don't hurt my pets.
(osok Rebel without a clue, Wed 2 Apr 2008, 13:40, Reply)