Apostrophes where they don't belong, and none where they do belong. Ditto quotes.

I have never liked "Don't go there." But, it has gained some charm with my Austrian AFS student who says, "Only just DON'T!"

Kendall, I think the irony comment came (maybe) from your comment about Lincoln's difficulty with its and it's, and then sidestepping the issue by using "it is" in the next sentence.

BTW Anu Garg of Wordsmith has a theme on made up words this week. There are several in my family, some of which are making their way into general usage. As long as we agree on hteir meanings, I guess they are words. Those other things are null sounds, like er and um. They only SOUND like real words, ya know what I mean? *small smile*

CamiSu