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| has gloss | eng: The apologetic or parochial apostrophe is the distinctive use of apostrophes in Lowland Scots orthography . Apologetic apostrophes generally occurred where a consonant exists in the Standard English cognate. |
| lexicalization | eng: Apologetic apostrophe |
| instance of | (noun) a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols orthography, writing system |
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| Scots | |
| has gloss | sco: The apologetic apostrophe is the name gien tae a wey o writin Scots for tae mak the seimilarities atween Scots an Inglis gey appearent. It is the uiss o an apostrophe for tae shaw letters wantin frae Scots wirds buts aye tae the fore in Inglis, for tae gie the impression that Scots is nocht but orra Inglis. |
| lexicalization | sco: apologetic apostrophe |
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