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The Picard Maneuver to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 年前

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The Picard Maneuver to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 年前
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  • mo_ztt ✅@lemmy.world
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    Get outta here with your 'f for “if”

    • BossDj@lemm.ee
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      Not a contraction, but still a recognized linguistic device called a clitic! That’s safe to Google, I promise. In this case it’s a proclitic

      • PoolloverNathan@programming.dev
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        Saving readers a risky Google: Clitic - Wikipedia

  • OR3X@lemm.ee
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    deleted by creator

    • samus12345@lemmy.world
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      deleted by creator

  • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
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    Close. Move the apostrophe from before the I to after.

    • yetiftw@lemmy.world
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      nope. the apostrophe replaces the “wou” part of “would”

      • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
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        Nope, nope, nope. “Would” is not contracted as “'ld,” and then there would be no “I.” That’s a capital I, not a lowercase l.

      • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works
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        you all would have if would have?

  • Bleeping Lobster@lemmy.world
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  • flamingos-cant (hopepunk arc)@feddit.uk
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    It’s missing an apostrophe after the I.

  • jesuiscequejesuis@lemmy.world
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    You really oughtn’t’ve.

  • vox@kbin.social
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    Being from the south…I’m just trying to look back and remember if I’ve ever used this…it’s plausible

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    Is this how Gaelic was born?

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    Where/since when is 'f a thing?

    • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
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      Fuck’f I know

    • zinaer@lemmy.world
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      Always, 'round these parts

  • z500
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    English is becoming polysynthetic and I am here for it

  • spudwart@spudwart.com
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    y’all’d’ve’f’id’ve’dun’it

  • Emerald (she/her)@lemmy.world
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    Image Transcription: Tumblr


    farmsuggestion

    y’all’d’ve’f’ld’ve


    beyoursledgehammer

    #you all would have if I would have???


    eliciaforever

    The South is out of control.

  • don@lemm.ee
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    lol boo didn’t even try asking if it’d float, they just mainlined pure hopium and casually threw it out there “Why yes, ‘f’’ is part of a balanced, healthy contraction used by billions everyday!”

    Wrong.

    • PoolloverNathan@programming.dev
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      Not a contraction, but still a recognized linguistic device called a clitic! That’s safe to Google, I promise. In this case it’s a proclitic

      — @BossDj@lemm.ee ↑

      • don@lemm.ee
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        Sure, I agree with that, and tbf a respondent in OP’s pic did say it’s almost a complete sentence of contractions, but I felt honor-bound to satirically gatekeeper something that’s fun to screw around with. Language is gonna language, believe me, I’m aware.

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