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SPROS BEFORE HOES

Postby smoocher » Sat Jun 13, 2009 10:05 am

should there be any commas in the above sentence?
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RE: SPROS BEFORE HOES

Postby smoocher » Sat Jun 13, 2009 10:48 am

i clearly mean apostrophes
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Postby Bombcup » Sat Jun 13, 2009 11:31 am

There should be a capital letter at the start, no apostrophe for the plural form of spro, and your choice of full stop, exclamation mark or question mark to finish. Oh, and you missed the S from the start of shoes. I always have spro before putting on my shoes.

Hope this helps.
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Postby kingseven » Sat Jun 13, 2009 11:56 am

The biggest problem above is the horrific misspelling of espresso. Very strange.
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RE: SPROS BEFORE HOES

Postby smoocher » Sat Jun 13, 2009 12:22 pm

i hate you all. i can't work out if it's
spro's before hoe's
spros before hoe's
spros before hoes

this is why i quit my english degree. i hate this shit
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Postby kingseven » Sat Jun 13, 2009 12:42 pm

spros before hoes
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RE: SPROS BEFORE HOES

Postby kingseven » Sat Jun 13, 2009 12:50 pm

This does presume you are prioritising small strong cups of coffee over gardening equipment though. Should you require caffeine before the services of a sex worker then it would be spros before ho's.
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RE: SPROS BEFORE HOES

Postby smoocher » Sat Jun 13, 2009 1:00 pm

THANKS DAD!
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Postby charmon » Sat Jun 13, 2009 3:40 pm

'spros for hoes. It prefaces spro as there is an ommission of letters. There's is no apostrophe for ho because you don't use one for noun purals.

There would be one in hoes however if you were forming possessives, namely; Hoe's 'spros. Dig it?
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RE: SPROS BEFORE HOES

Postby kingseven » Sat Jun 13, 2009 3:47 pm

Ho' would require one because it is an omission of letters, and commonly written like that. Spro appears to me more a reorganisation of letters, rather than a condensation/omission.

*wonders why I am even thinking out loud on this one....*
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Re: RE: SPROS BEFORE HOES

Postby charmon » Sat Jun 13, 2009 4:00 pm

kingseven wrote:Ho' would require one because it is an omission of letters, and commonly written like that. Spro appears to me more a reorganisation of letters, rather than a condensation/omission.

*wonders why I am even thinking out loud on this one....*


I see your point on ho', I interpreted your apostrophisation as an indication of plural rather than the omission.

I think that in the context of omission-inspired spelling the first point of omission takes precedence, as is the case with 'spro. Thus 'hos (in so far as ho is an abbreviation of whore) takes precedence over ho's.

Also, how come its spros and hoes and not sproes and hos

I'm sticking with 'spros before hoes

I hope whoever created the word knows the pain they've caused.
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Postby smoocher » Sat Jun 13, 2009 4:07 pm

hang on. one of you tell me which is correct so i can continue to take over the coffee world
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Postby charmon » Sat Jun 13, 2009 4:10 pm

Espressos before whores
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Postby Bombcup » Sat Jun 13, 2009 4:18 pm

Westward Ho! Has an exclamation mark. As you can see. It is also the only British town to be punctuated so.
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Postby charmon » Sat Jun 13, 2009 4:26 pm

I think James is right with ho's. spro seems to be a double ommission and not a rearranging though; i.e. eSPRessO.

on reflection; 'spros before ho's
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