“Apostrophe” can sound like “a posh trophy.” “I won an award for my punctuation. They gave me a posh trophy” is a joke that was posted on Twitter by Sickipedia_Feed on December 9, 2012. The joke originated on the Sickipedia website.
“At Eton, my friend won a grammar tournament for using a punctuation mark. It was a posh trophy” was posted on Twitter by Darren Walsh Puns on November 3, 2013. “I won the punctuation competition when I was at school. The prize was a solid gold punctuation mark. They gave me a posh trophy” was posted on Twitter by Bob Kostic on November 14, 2014.
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Sickipedia_Feed
@Sickipedia_Feed
I won an award for my punctuation.They gave me a posh trophy. http://bit.ly/WWgWTK
6:57 PM · Dec 9, 2012·twitterfeed
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sickipediabot
@sickipediabot
I won an award for my punctuation.
They gave me a posh trophy.
1:08 AM · Dec 10, 2012·sickipediabot
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Darren Walsh Puns
@DarrenWalshPuns
At Eton, my friend won a grammar tournament for using a punctuation mark. It was a posh trophy.
5:35 AM · Nov 3, 2013·Twitter for iPad
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Bob Kostic
@causticbob
I won the punctuation competition when I was at school. The prize was a solid gold punctuation mark. They gave me a posh trophy.
4:53 PM · Nov 14, 2014·Twitter Web Client
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Darren Walsh Puns
@DarrenWalshPuns
I know an older businessman who married a young girl who was really good at grammar.
She’s a posh trophy wife.
8:18 PM · Mar 27, 2015·Twitter for iPhone
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GlennyRodge
@GlennyRodge
I’m going to The Punctuator of the Year awards tonight. The winner gets presented with a posh trophy.
3:46 AM · Aug 15, 2015·Twitter for iPad
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CafeEng
@CafeEng
What does the national grammar champion win? - a posh trophy
3:46 AM · Jul 20, 2017·Twitter Web Client
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Puns AndOneliners
@punsandoneliner
I won first prize in the National Punctuation Society raffle. They gave me a posh trophy.
http://markhaggan.com/randomness/raffle-jokes/ #Raffle #RaffleJokes #Joke #Humour http://markhaggan.com/randomness/raffle-jokes/
9:00 AM · Sep 14, 2018·Facebook
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Bob Kostic
@causticbob
I won the punctuation competition when I was at school. The prize was a solid gold punctuation mark. They gave me a posh trophy.
6:38 PM · Nov 14, 2020·Twitter Web App
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