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Letter from an apostrophe apostate For Adair Assimilation Academy "Talking and Scribing 101" It's settled; only one m in homade Overpunctuating homade could result in general discontent amongst half of citizenry By "Jim" Those of us fortunate enough to have been born south of Big Crick (known to our northern neighbors as the Ohio River) tend to elide considerably, especially in our everyday conversations. Some (allegedly) learned folk quite incorrectly view this as verbal laziness; rather, it's an economy of speech, pure and simple. One never knows when those elided sounds can better used elsewhere. With that lofty introduction, let's get down to brass tacks: Mr. Robert Stone and Editor Waggener have quite correctly stated that homade is the proper pronunciation (and thus the proper spelling) of home made, but Editor Waggener, ever the rabblerouser, raised the question of whether an apostrophe should be inserted in the written form, to-wit: ho'made. To the Editor's query, I must reply, Nay, and Nay, and Nay again! Those of us who cut our teeth on the mother tongue of South-Central Kentucky have no need for such decoration - why gild the lily? And too, while we all practice the aforementioned economy of speech, we don't necessarily practice it in the same way. In the case at hand, were Editor Waggener to conduct a scientific poll, he almost certainly would find about as many people who say hom[e]'ade as do those who say ho'made. Use of an apostrophe - whether preceding or following the "m" - would result in a general discontent amongst half the population. It would, in this humble writer's opinion, be nothing short of an apostrophe catastrophe. There should be absolutely no equivocation on this subject. Thanks. Borrowing from the great Gilbert Wallace on the Dog Law: Some of our friends are for the apostrophe. Some are against the apostrophe. We stand with our friends. -CM This story was posted on 2010-04-09 09:31:57
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