Language efficiency
Language efficiency
22 comments
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Get outta here with your 'f for "if"
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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
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Saving readers a risky Google: Clitic - Wikipedia
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Yeah, it would be y'all'd've if I'd've at most.
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Close. Move the apostrophe from before the I to after.
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nope. the apostrophe replaces the "wou" part of "would"
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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.
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you all would have if would have?
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It's missing an apostrophe after the I.
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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?
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Fuck'f I know
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Always, 'round these parts
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English is becoming polysynthetic and I am here for it
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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.
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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.
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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
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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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y'all'd've'f'id've'dun'it
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You really oughtn't've.
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