See also: ʻ and '

U+2018, ‘
LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK

[U+2017]
General Punctuation
[U+2019]

Translingual edit

Alternative forms edit

  • ' (informal)

Punctuation mark edit

  1. Used as a quotation mark in some languages.
    1. ‘ ’
    2. ’ ‘
    3. ‚ ‘

See also edit

Punctuation

See also edit

  • ʻ (Hawaiian ʻokina)

English edit

Symbol edit

  1. Indicating the omission of the letters ac in the patronymic Mac-, or the letter c in the patronymic Mc-.
    • 1809, A Voyage to the Demerary, Containing a Statistical Account of the Settlements there, and of Those on the Essequebo, the Berbice, and Other Contiguous Rivers of Guyana[1], London, →OCLC:
      PRINTED FOR RICHARD PHILLIPS, BRIDGE STREET, BLACKFRIARS, BY B. MMILLAN, BOW STREET, COVENT GARDEN.
    • 1819, Jedadiah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], chapter VI, in Tales of My Landlord, Third Series. [], volume III (A Legend of Montrose), Edinburgh: [] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, []; Hurst, Robinson, and Co. [], →OCLC, page 274:
      So saying, she sate down at a little distance upon the bench on which Allan MAulay was placed, and tuning her clairshach, a small harp, about thirty inches in height, she accompanied it with her voice.
    • 1847, John Halliday, “Meggie M‘Givelry”, in The Rustic Bard, or, A Voice from the People; Being Miscellaneous Poems and Songs, Galashiels: James Brown, [], page 319:
      An’ Willie, the poet, o’ paper run scant, / Has spoilt a’ his auld minnie’s wa’s wi’ his scribblery, / Wi’ a burned stick end he has written a rant— / They’re black as the deevil wi’ Meggie MGivelry.

References edit

  • Benjamin Drew (1871), “Punctuation”, in Hints and Helps for Those Who Write, Print, or Read, Boston, Mass.: Lee and Shepard, []; New York, N.Y.: Charles T. Dillingham, page 95: “A turned comma sometimes denotes the ac in Mac; as, MDonough.”