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NER - How to Make family names plural

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Hey I am in need a little advice on the topic of making a family name plural.  I know normally we can just add an "s" or "es" on the end of most names (like the Smith Family becomes the Smiths).  But what do you do when the family name has an apostrophe and ends in a vowel? Example the D'Angelo.  I was just wondering if there was any way to say it other than "The D'Angelo Family"

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  • PrettyGirlLostPrettyGirlLost member
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    The D'Angelo's?

    "Love is the one thing we're capable of perceiving that transcends time and space."


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  • cowgirl8238cowgirl8238 member
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    PrettyGirlLost said:
    The D'Angelo's?

    I thought the double apostrophes made it look weird, but perhaps I'm just overthing it...
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  • phiraphira member
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    D'Angelos. Joneses.
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    now with ~* INCREASED SASSINESS *~
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  • Bubblegum5586Bubblegum5586 member
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    my new last name ends in s-i-s and I hate how making in plural now it has 3 s's ...

    IE (made up name and I like art....); Artsis is now Artsises???
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  • PrettyGirlLostPrettyGirlLost member
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    phira said:
    D'Angelos. Joneses.
    Oh God, that is so ugly.

    Go with the D'Angelo or Jones family, lol!

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  • PrettyGirlLostPrettyGirlLost member
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    edited April 2014
    MrsAitch said:
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    OMG NOOOO! You never ever EVER use an apostrophe to make something plural--sorry but this drives me nuts. I once saw in the same week on facebook someone post a dish she bought with "The Smith's" etched on it and someone else with an incorrect monogram--his name was John Andrew Doe and she did the monogram JAD.
    OMG ALL OF YOU RELAX!!

    It was a typo, sheesh ><

    BTW, I see the use of the apostrophe on shit outside of ppl's houses and always assumed that they were using the possessive tense because they were trying to say this was their house.

    I'm too paranoid after watching ID TV and would never have anything with my name outside of my house now, lol!  Bad enough ppl can steal my mail!

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  • cowgirl8238cowgirl8238 member
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    Inkdancer said:
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    This is correct. The extra apostrophe indicates that something belongs to The D'Angelo.

    Okay, that makes much more sense!
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  • cowgirl8238cowgirl8238 member
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    Thanks everyone!  Sometimes English is hard for me :/ LOL, thats why I took Science in skool :P
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