Man, if there wasn't for wikipedia, I don't know what I would do. I 've even donated 5 euros.

 

tracecom: most excellent post.

I never knew nor even suspected o'clock was a contraction.

 

You are correct; it is reasonable and logical. Unfortunately, English is not. I'm sure I have never seen a space before an apostrophe in any (American) English contraction.

I love that snip tool in Win 7.

Some Pittsburgh / Western PA contractions.


Daan-ere = Down there

N-At = And That - Pittsburghers like to end sentences with N-At as in "We went dann-ere N-At".

Sliberty = East Liberty a section of Pittsburgh and a street.

 

Hey , I've been using that stuff forever , no one noticed.