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DatSolmyr t1_j1htr0r wrote

Reply to comment by dshmitty in "BLOOD SPORT: The Bondi Gay Murders" (2009) - the tale of the Bondi Beach murders. Lasting for over 10 years, with 30 to 90 victims, the organized hunt for gay men remains one of Australia's darkest secrets. Most of the identified culprits, including a major sports star, remain untouched. [00:54:19] by BurtGummer1911

This is the classical example of how English' possessive S is transitioning from a word case to an enclitic, which is a small word that is not fully independant, but isn't just a part of another word: that you use it at the end of phrases (the Queen of England's funeral)

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dshmitty t1_j1in8h3 wrote

That’s really interesting! I took a linguistics course in college and it was fascinating learning stuff like that.

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