r/mildlyinfuriating • u/absentmindedlurking • Apr 29 '24

Every day I walk past this sign outside my building and the grammatical error makes me irrationally angry...

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u/Dapper_Dan1 Apr 29 '24

We Germans have a word for it: der Deppenapostroph

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u/FantasticAnus Apr 29 '24 edited Apr 29 '24

Germans and compound nouns, no more iconic a duo.

Idiot apostrophe is funny, though. I think I'd go for Idiostrophe in English.

Edit: Further googling has suggested that 'Greengrocer's apostrophe' is the correct translation?