Apostrophe crimes

[jdaw1]

Am missing the issue?

Self-evidently.

(capitalisation?)

No.

Oh no! Someone accidentally walked into the room marked 'Do not disturb the pedant'.

I am delighted to learn that you did not think that I was already disturbed.

[PhilW]

Am missing the issue?

Self-evidently.

What is the crime?

[djewesbury]

I never intimated that I didn't think you were disturbed. But I thought that you shouldn't be disturbed. Can we have a new thread where we can post examples of nuance?

[jdaw1]

What is the crime?

A masculine ordinal (“º”) is not a degree sign (“°”).

[djewesbury]

I didn't see a masculine ordinal when I looked at the blog page. On my screen it's a degree sign.

[jdaw1]

I didn't see a masculine ordinal when I looked at the blog page. On my screen it's a degree sign.

Pray tell sir, by what signs would you know the difference?

[Glenn E.]

What is the crime?

A masculine ordinal (“º”) is not a degree sign (“°”).

Interesting. I thought the crime was the use of "gave."

To my ear the sentence sounds similar to saying "the temperature in London gave 12 today."

[DRT]

I didn't see a masculine ordinal when I looked at the blog page. On my screen it's a degree sign.

Pray tell sir, by what signs would you know the difference?

Daniel, please post your answer here to save us the trouble.

[djewesbury]

I didn't see a masculine ordinal when I looked at the blog page. On my screen it's a degree sign.

Pray tell sir, by what signs would you know the difference?

Daniel, please post your answer here to save us the trouble.

Derek, why don't you answer for me? You clearly have the answer a your fingertips.

[DRT]

I didn't see a masculine ordinal when I looked at the blog page. On my screen it's a degree sign.

Pray tell sir, by what signs would you know the difference?

Daniel, please post your answer here to save us the trouble.

Derek, why don't you answer for me? You clearly have the answer a your fingertips.

Classic deflection technique. Have you read that book I sent you yet?

[djewesbury]

I didn't see a masculine ordinal when I looked at the blog page. On my screen it's a degree sign.

Pray tell sir, by what signs would you know the difference?

Daniel, please post your answer here to save us the trouble.

Derek, why don't you answer for me? You clearly have the answer a your fingertips.

Classic deflection technique. Have you read that book I sent you yet?

Yes that was a classic deflection. By you. Yes. I read it twice.

[DRT]

I didn't see a masculine ordinal when I looked at the blog page. On my screen it's a degree sign.

Pray tell sir, by what signs would you know the difference?

Daniel, please post your answer here to save us the trouble.

Derek, why don't you answer for me? You clearly have the answer a your fingertips.

Classic deflection technique. Have you read that book I sent you yet?

Yes that was a classic deflection. By you. Yes. I read it twice.

And you answer to JDAW's question is...?

[djewesbury]

I didn't see a masculine ordinal when I looked at the blog page. On my screen it's a degree sign.

Pray tell sir, by what signs would you know the difference?

Daniel, please post your answer here to save us the trouble.

Derek, why don't you answer for me? You clearly have the answer a your fingertips.

Classic deflection technique. Have you read that book I sent you yet?

Yes that was a classic deflection. By you. Yes. I read it twice.

And you answer to JDAW's question is...?

Yes, I am Don Francisco's sister.

[djewesbury]

And Julian needs a job. Or some occupational therapy at least.

[DRT]

I didn't see a masculine ordinal when I looked at the blog page. On my screen it's a degree sign.

Pray tell sir, by what signs would you know the difference?

Daniel, please post your answer here to save us the trouble.

Derek, why don't you answer for me? You clearly have the answer a your fingertips.

Classic deflection technique. Have you read that book I sent you yet?

Yes that was a classic deflection. By you. Yes. I read it twice.

And you answer to JDAW's question is...?

Yes, I am Don Francisco's sister.

Yes, we know that. Keep up. Back to your fabulous skill at identifying the differences in ordinals - please entertain the class with an answer that is actually an answer.

[DRT]

And Julian needs a job. Or some occupational therapy at least.

Did you get that from Chapter 9 of the anthropology book - Why humans lash out at others when cornered?

[jdaw1]

Get back in your matrimonial thread.

Both º and ª redirect here. º is not to be confused with the degree symbol (°) or ring (diacritic) (˚)
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The masculine ordinal indicator U+00BA (º) is often confused with the degree sign U+00B0 (°), which looks very similar in many fonts and is available on Italian and Spanish keyboard layouts. The degree sign is a uniform circle and is never underlined, while the letter o may be oval or elliptical and have a varying line thickness. The letter o may also be underlined.

[PhilW]

What is the crime?

A masculine ordinal (“º”) is not a degree sign (“°”).

A small circle which looked like a degree sign, was actually very slightly smaller than expected. Barely an error, let alone a crime, I think.

[jdaw1]

Barely an error, let alone a crime, I think.

Even if in some fonts they are the same glyph, they are still different characters. Nonetheless:

Perhaps this is a bit harsh

[djewesbury]

Obviously, if I were wrong, I would be very eager to say so. But we haven't yet proved that I was. Can JDAW please prove that there are separate glyphs in the font used on the Malvedos blog for these characters?

[jdaw1]

separate glyphs in the font used on the Malvedos blog for these characters?

Irrelevant: it is the character that is wrong, which therefore might be shown using the wrong glyph on some browser on some system at some time.

As it does now. After repeated command-shift-+, to enlarge:

Safari:


Chrome:


Opera:


Those are not degree symbols.

[djewesbury]

Julian, has anybody ever suggested that you might have too much time on your hands?

[jdaw1]

Julian, has anybody ever suggested that you might have too much time on your hands?

I saw it immediately, and posted. You doubting Thomases then waste two dozen posts arguing.

[djewesbury]

You didn't answer the question.

[jdaw1]

Obviously, if I were wrong, I would be very eager to say so.

Degree versus masculine ordinal: go on, say.

Julian, has anybody ever suggested that you might have too much time on your hands?

People have said many things about me, including that. Some of the things people have said about me were true.