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[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What??????

[–] realbadat 41 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Yeah, super crazy, had to look it up. Al voices a character named "Cheese Sandwich" (ffs Weird Al is amazing), who in a finale is shown years in the future to be married to Pinkie Pie.

Apparently Cheese Sandwich's personality is just... Weird Al. Which is also pretty hilarious.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

What's ironic is he was only in 2 episodes, one in season 4 and another in season 9.

[–] JackbyDev 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Sandwich's*, unless he's a hive mind

[–] realbadat 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

No, just forgot the name already and though it was Sandwiches as a last name when I typed it the second time around.

[–] JackbyDev 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Ah. Well then it'd be Sandwiches's

[–] realbadat 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That's one option. But Sandwiches' is valid too, as it ends in an s and is a proper noun, it's not exclusive to plurals. AP style guide for example requires it (and got a lot of flack when 's was proposed as acceptable).

Plus sandwiches itself is a singular noun which is a plural word, so it's s' not s's for most cases there.

Anyway, grammar is weird.

[–] JackbyDev 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What we really need to know is how to make possessive plurals of proper nouns that are plural but refer to a single thing.

Imagine a club called The Backstreets. Is it The Backstreetses'?

What about how to make plurals of proper nouns that are possessive? Like a restaurant called Your Grandparents'. Is it Your Grandparents'es? What about the possessive plural? AYour Grandparents'es'?

[–] realbadat 3 points 4 months ago

I think it may 100% depend on alcohol and/or THC intake, both of the person writing it and the person reading it. I believe those are the accepted rules as written in both the New York Writing Style Guide and the Chicago Writing Style Guide.

I believe it fits under the section titled As the mood strikes; grammar's mishaps's and bewilderment