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Posted by Marty Happy (Member # 302) on :
 
Hey Lettervillians:

I've got a project that needs the abbreviated form of "Little". Can anyone definitively tell me the correct way it should appear......'Lil, Lil', Li'l, L'il or ......

Happy Signing....Marty

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Posted by roger bailey (Member # 556) on :
 
guessing Lil', probably wrong.
Roger

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Posted by Don Coplen (Member # 127) on :
 
Marty, I may be wrong too....but as far as I know, you can spell slang anyway you want...if there was a proper way to spell it, it wouldn't be slang, would it? haha

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Posted by Dave Grundy (Member # 103) on :
 
Marty..Don is probably correct...but if I were doing it I would use "Li'L" since it is sort of a contraction like "Don't".

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Posted by Jim Doggett (Member # 1409) on :
 
Hi Marty:

If Al Capp is an authority on the subject, the answer is Li'l, as in Li'l Abner.

But, I think Lil' is the more contemporary form. Seaching "Li'l" on the web seems to return a bunch of links with Lil' this and that. Almost no Al Cappian varieties.

The best answer is probably what looks best from a typography standpoint.

Reg'ds,
Li'l Jimbo

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Posted by Diane Crowther (Member # 120) on :
 
My vote goes for Li'l. I believe the apostrophe usually goes where the "real" letters are being left out or slurred. Putting it at the end would replace the e which is silent anyway, so that doesn't seem to make sense.

Not that I know for sure...but at least I have an explanation for my answer .

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Posted by Mike Languein (Member # 319) on :
 
I vote along with Diane -- Li'l.

And I don't find your question at all improper.

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