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Apostrophe

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It is everything that is most delicious about Greek-derived words: polysyllabic and lilting. We put the accent in a different place than the Greeks did, and the result is something that falls back from that strong second syllable, almost as if it looks over its shoulder alluringly at us, recalling the “turning away” that is at the word’s etymological root. It is a lovely word to say; if common sense didn’t interfere, I would be in very great danger of naming a daughter Apostrophe some day.

Cassandra

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