Quote - so. back 't the topic. nothin' wrong with usin' an apostrophe in the right place, t'were the point, if I remember Cap'n......

True - I seem to have diverted the topic slightly; but if you want to chat about Adanas etc you cam PM me.

So, back to our sheep: should we abolish the apostrophe, then? It seems to have got into languages (such as German, see postings here on Rendo) where it never belonged.