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== Radio ==
== Radio ==
* Ed Reardon, writer and misanthrope, main character of ''[[Ed Reardons Week]]''. Malformed plurals or possessives have been known to send him into histrionics. The first life lesson he gives his eight-week-old grandson is: "Now, to the children's section. There's an apostrophe between the N and the S. Remember that and you won't go far wrong."
* Ed Reardon, writer and misanthrope, main character of ''[[Ed Reardon's Week]]''. Malformed plurals or possessives have been known to send him into histrionics. The first life lesson he gives his eight-week-old grandson is: "Now, to the children's section. There's an apostrophe between the N and the S. Remember that and you won't go far wrong."




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== Western Animation ==
== Western Animation ==
* The bookish and [[Adorkable]] Twilight Sparkle in ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' has shades of this occasionally. In [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2 E24 Mystery On the Friendship Express|"MMMystery on the Friendship Express"]] she tries to correct Pinkie Pie talking about a mystery as a "whodunnit" to "who did it", but this only makes Pinkie worse ("who did done dood it").
* The bookish and [[Adorkable]] Twilight Sparkle in ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' has shades of this occasionally. In [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2/E24 MMMMystery on the Friendship Express|"MMMystery on the Friendship Express"]] she tries to correct Pinkie Pie talking about a mystery as a "whodunnit" to "who did it", but this only makes Pinkie worse ("who did done dood it").