this post was submitted on 25 Feb 2024
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What is this thing?

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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

dalek's

Explain the apostrophe. What am I not seeing?

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Lots of people believe that the s character is dangerous and has to be segregated using apostrophes or it will attack the others and eventually destroy the alphabet.

The origins of this belief currently remains mysterious.