Talk:Wait 'til My Bobby Gets Home
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Requested move 1 February 2018 edit
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The result of the move request was: move. No opposition. (closed by page mover) feminist (talk) 10:20, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
Wait ’til My Bobby Gets Home → Wait 'til My Bobby Gets Home – Per WP:TSC and MOS:PUNCT, which says: "Consistent use of the straight apostrophe ( ' ) is recommended, as opposed to the curly apostrophe ( ’ )." 153.205.145.163 (talk) 09:50, 1 February 2018 (UTC)
- I was about to move this myself as uncontroversial, but upon checking it seems that more sources style it as "Wait 'Til My Bobby Gets Home", uppercase "T". This being a rather gray area, I'd defer this to MOS afficionados. No such user (talk) 14:05, 1 February 2018 (UTC)
- MOS:CT here? "'til" is a three-letter preposition, implying lowercase; but it could be understood as short for the five-letter preposition "until," which the MOS says to capitalize. Unless you argue that it's short for "till," which wouldn't be capitalized, though it's not really shorter. And "till" is the version of until/till with the longer etymological history. I'd say, move as requested. Dekimasuよ! 07:26, 3 February 2018 (UTC)¥
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Requested move 25 January 2020 edit
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The result of the move request was: No consensus. (non-admin closure) Cwmhiraeth (talk) 13:20, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
Wait 'til My Bobby Gets Home → Wait til' My Bobby Gets Home – See image 79.130.252.94 (talk) 09:33, 25 January 2020 (UTC)
- Oppose: After a bit of off-Wiki searching, it seems that the sources (both "official" and unofficial ones) are mixed. For example, see this cover art and the liner and record labels shown lower on the same page. I think I've found every possible permutation of whether the apostrophe is at the beginning or end, whether the letter "T" is capitalized or not, and whether the "til" ends with one "l" or with two of them. When the sources are mixed, Wikipedia says to use the form that most resembles ordinary English. I believe "'til", rather than "til'" is the typical form in ordinary English. See also the below comment by Carptrash. —BarrelProof (talk) 04:22, 27 January 2020 (UTC)
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In the "Back to Mono" set edit
it appears like this.
The record label (opinion) is just a typo and should not be the determining factor. Carptrash (talk) 01:45, 26 January 2020 (UTC)