Love the story. In thirty years much more than the semicolon and apostrophe might as well be filed off the typewriter, computer, or whatever the technical equivalent of the day might happen to be. Thanks for the smile. ----- Original Message ----- From: <GGriggs939@aol.com> To: <TNMAURY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 4:40 PM Subject: Re: [TNMAURY-L] Family Names > > There would be far fewer typographical errors in our writings if the > apostrophe were removed from keyboards. > I believe it was James Thurber who wrote about his experience while > working > for an editor of a newspaper. Being a new college graduate, Thurber > said > he followed the rules of grammar properly, but the editor sent back some > copy for a re-write to remove all the semicolons. He completed the > work > and left it on the editor's desk after a late tour of duty. The > following > day, > he began to write some more grammatically correct copy but found that > the semicolon had been filed off his typewriter. > Perhaps we should do that with the apostrophe. > > > ==== TNMAURY Mailing List ==== > SOUTHERN HERITAGE NEWS AND VIEWS is dedicated to the preservation of > Southern Heritage and to defend the honor of our Confederate ancestors. > To subscribe send e-mail to: SouthernHeritage-subscribe@topica.com > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >