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Sunday 29 December, 2024
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11 things you'll only understand if you have an apostrophe in your surname
You have sent more e-mails to customer service about having an apostrophe in your name than you care to count
LET ME USE YOUR WEBSITE.
You have fallen victim to Ryanair’s apostrophe prejudice
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WHY DO YOU HATE APOSTROPHES, RYANAIR?
As Alanis Morrissette would say, “Isn’t it ironic? Don’t you think?”
Even Just Eat refuses to recognise you exist
:(
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“Sorry we got confused” is a sentence you never want to see again
Sometimes the internet is so fragile that it completely mangles your name altogether
Hi, my name is Amy O'Connor.
Other times, it just straight up tells you that your name is invalid
RUDE.
Even the government won’t recognise us
Sort it out, Enda!
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Computer: “Enter your last name as it appears on your passport.”
You: *types in name*
Computer: “EW, NOT LIKE THAT.”
And it’s not just the internet — humans don’t get it either
“OANDAPOS”
At a certain point, you learn to just leave it out altogether.
“Fine, internet, you win. My name is Amy OConnor.”
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*sigh*
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