Timeline for Can I use the "ll" contraction with proper names?
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| May 15, 2013 at 13:50 | comment | added | Marthaª | @Kris: could you please point out where I said anything about "standard English"? | |
| May 15, 2013 at 8:59 | comment | added | Kris | Unless you are an "acknowledged authority" on "standard English" (some like that myth to persist, you see), this makes no sense to any English speaker. | |
| May 15, 2013 at 1:12 | vote | accept | Panda Pajama | ||
| May 14, 2013 at 19:42 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | Michael'll seems to present more problems. John'll, Peter're, Bill'll etc are pronounced with a schwa. Michael already has one. | |
| May 14, 2013 at 19:20 | comment | added | Marthaª | @choster: I dunno. I don't think saying "Jill'll" is any more awkward than saying "Jill will". | |
| May 14, 2013 at 18:16 | comment | added | choster | I find it interesting that the contraction persists in spoken English even when the pronunciation is awkward. Jill'll be at the conference Tuesday while Charles's presenting, but Jane and Peter're coming Wednesday. | |
| May 14, 2013 at 17:40 | history | answered | Marthaª | CC BY-SA 3.0 |