We've had catapostrophes, such as the possessive use of it's, as in "Put the cat's food in it's dish." However, at least that use is somewhat understandable, right? What if it had been: "Put the cat's food in its' dish." Not even plausible, right?

At our Wordcraft Gathering we saw that very error, and Bob quite accurately said that it should be termed an "impostrophe." Catapostrophe can be used for a logical misuse of an apostrophe, but impostrophe can be used as an illogical use.

Hmm - wasn't Catapostrophe the sister of the Parentheses twins? As I eschew proper Greek history, it seems that Catapostrophe was the illegitimate child of Catatonia and Apostrophe.

To continue to eschew on that thought, I think Impostrophe was the disowned son (by an extramarital affair) of Apostrophe and Improbability (and we know what disasters followed any serious Greco-Roman relations).

Yours in perpetual mistory,

(signed)

Bob