The anal road enthusiast

[kphoger]

are there any contractions that omit the apostrophe? 

A borderline one:
'Til = Till = Until

[signalman]

I was using the 'it's' in question as a contraction.  Shortening "It is a lot, not alot." to "It's a lot, not alot."  It has now been drawn out to a lot more than initially conceived.

[NE2]

are there any contractions that omit the apostrophe? 

Hallowe'en.

More examples of varying sketchiness: http://www.dailywritingtips.com/a-guide-to-colloquial-contractions/

[english si]

are there any contractions that omit the apostrophe?

Fortnight, and Sennight (almost never used as week is simply easier to say and write - especially now), used to have apostrophes (fo'rt'night, se'nnight), but don't now. Fortnight isn't really used in North America though - probably why it wasn't on the page NE2 linked to.

As did 'bus: short for omnibus - now just bus, though that's more a clipping like fridge or phone. However it did take an apostrophe in the past.

Soton for Southampton doesn't take an apostrophe, unless you are making/reading a road sign (where it's So'ton). Typically seen on a Premier League Table that doesn't have much horizontal space, though is used as shorthand for the city. Only one I can think of that's on road signs but is used elsewhere that isn't simply a clipping/removal of words.

[agentsteel53]

Soton for Southampton doesn't take an apostrophe, unless you are making/reading a road sign (where it's So'ton). Typically seen on a Premier League Table that doesn't have much horizontal space, though is used as shorthand for the city. Only one I can think of that's on road signs but is used elsewhere that isn't simply a clipping/removal of words.

we've got similar Sacto for Sacramento, CA.  there's also Frisco but no one in California actually calls it that.  not even folks from LA.

[NE2]

we've got similar Sacto for Sacramento, CA.  there's also Frisco but no one in California actually calls it that.  not even folks from LA.

And all the New England boroughs that dropped the ugh. 19th century laws used an apostrophe.

[agentsteel53]

And all the New England boroughs that dropped the ugh. 19th century laws used an apostrophe.

in New York, even the word itself sometimes gets the drop.  Triboro Bridge, for example.

[mgk920]

Yea, the only 'Friscos' that I know of are in Colorado and Texas.

AANNDD . . . Please don't put apostrophe's in your plural's, pretty pleeeease.



(And I'll refuse to shop at businesse's that do that in their sign's and other advertising! )

Mike

[hbelkins]

Apparently the people in SF get really annoyed when their city is abbreviated "Frisco." There's also a Frisco near the Outer Banks of North Carolina, IIRC.

I always shorten Cincinnati as "Cincy" but I've heard that's a bone of contention for the locals. I never see it abbreviated as "Cincy," which is the way a lot of Kentuckians shorten it, but "Cinti" is pretty commonly used there.

[Takumi]

There's also a Frisco near the Outer Banks of North Carolina, IIRC.

You are correct. It's on Hatteras Island, between Buxton and Hatteras. A childhood friend had a beach house there.

[agentsteel53]

(And I'll refuse to shop at businesse's that do that in their sign's and other advertising! )

Mike

the "worst" is when quotes are used for "emphasis", especially "in" illogical places.

[corco]

the "worst" is when quotes are used for "emphasis", especially "in" illogical places.

It always looks so sarcastic! I hope you have a "Happy Mothers Day!" (and now i will kill you)

Please enjoy our "Precor" treadmills. (that we bought in the Silk Alley)

[Roadsguy]

I know...

Please leave this somethingorother "ON" at all times.

[kphoger]

I know...

Please leave this somethingorother "ON" at all times.

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[Scott5114]

I saw one for a construction company today. Their tagline was...

Where "Quality" Comes First!

[NE2]

I saw one for a construction company today. Their tagline was...

Where "Quality" Comes First!

Reminds me of

"Yields falsehood when preceded by its quotation" yields falsehood when preceded by its quotation.

[cpzilliacus]

Soton for Southampton doesn't take an apostrophe, unless you are making/reading a road sign (where it's So'ton). Typically seen on a Premier League Table that doesn't have much horizontal space, though is used as shorthand for the city. Only one I can think of that's on road signs but is used elsewhere that isn't simply a clipping/removal of words.

we've got similar Sacto for Sacramento, CA.  there's also Frisco but no one in California actually calls it that.  not even folks from LA.

Balto for Baltimore City, Maryland.

Once pretty common on road signs around the state, not so much any longer.

[empirestate]

 

"Please" flush

At a building site near me, there's:

"Authorized personnel only"

Such a boring quotation, I'm not surprised they didn't bother attributing the speaker. I do often wonder, as I'm wandering around inside the build site, why they still thought it worth bringing to my attention.

[Road Hog]

Alot of non-sheild street signs do refer to it as that.  Alot of people call it Alt 90

are there any "90A" shields?  I could've sworn I saw one once in 2005 but I didn't get a photo.  It might have just been a "90A" street blade.

this sign is still around, I believe.

I get a kick out of this sign because it says "WEST" and the ghost-shadowed "OST" is German for East.

(West is the same in English and German.)

[Special K]

Alot of non-sheild street signs do refer to it as that.  Alot of people call it Alt 90

are there any "90A" shields?  I could've sworn I saw one once in 2005 but I didn't get a photo.  It might have just been a "90A" street blade.

this sign is still around, I believe.

I get a kick out of this sign because it says "WEST" and the ghost-shadowed "OST" is German for East.

(West is the same in English and German.)

That must be "old" 90, then.

[agentsteel53]

That must be "old" 90, then.

is it an old 90 alignment?  that would be awesome.

[Special K]

That must be "old" 90, then.

is it an old 90 alignment?  that would be awesome.

"Alt" = "old" in German.

[agentsteel53]

"Alt" = "old" in German.

indeed.  thus, it would be extra awesome if it were the old alignment of 90.

[NE2]

'tis.
https://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/maps/images/map4885.jpg

Also: WTF? They restored the OST text in Clearview (?), but kept the sign: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=29.703505,-95.350363&spn=0.016998,0.033023&gl=us&t=m&z=16&layer=c&cbll=29.703474,-95.350461&panoid=fgUwncAbLA8xNhGSeIhwqg&cbp=12,257.25,,0,-36.73

[formulanone]

Also: WTF? They restored the OST text in Clearview (?), but kept the sign...

Is that the first instance of Clearview and button copy appearing on the same sign?

Weird.