i just don't get it. isn't an apostrophe supposed to join two words?
2006-06-21 09:16:55 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
I guess bc when you eat them you always want s'more??? (some more - ha ha). That is probably where the idea came from anyway.
According to wikipedia, I was right... :)
Etymology
S'more appears to be a contraction of the phrase, "some more", as in "Please, give me some more of that delicious treat." The informal nature of this term reflects the environment in which s'mores are traditionally served. Some have jokingly surmised that the name originated from people who were so busy eating the tasty dessert that they did not have time to speak in complete sentences, or alternately, that their enunciation was compromised by the fact that their mouth was still full of the previous s'more.
2006-06-21 09:19:43 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes an apostrophe does join two words . in this case it joins some and mores. Some + more+s=S'mores!
2006-06-21 09:20:59 · answer #2 · answered by smartymc123 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The apostrophe here does join two words: "some more". Here, the created contraction of "some more" is "s'more", and "s'mores" just pluralizes it.
2006-06-21 09:19:50 · answer #3 · answered by MNL_1221 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes an apostrophe is supposesd to join 2 words. 'S'more' is short for 'some more'. Because when you eat S'mores, you always want S'more!
2006-06-21 09:18:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's a cutesy name someone came up with for that dessert and it's short for "some more"...s'more. I guess maybe some kid who's mother invented those things just couldn't get enough and you can just imagine him saying, "Can I have s'more Mom?"
Just a guess.
2006-06-21 09:20:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, Some Mores = S'mores. As in they are good you'll want s'more.
2006-06-21 09:18:37 · answer #6 · answered by margarita 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because everyone always wanted Some More = short S'more
2006-06-21 09:18:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because after you eat one, you want s'more!
2006-06-21 09:20:47 · answer #8 · answered by songbird 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe someone spelled it wrong....like half of the words on Yahoo Answers.
2006-06-21 09:19:59 · answer #9 · answered by Shqiptare 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's a contraction plus people don't want to spell all of those letters
2006-06-21 09:23:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋