Editing Apostrophe (section)

===Use in non-English names===
Names that are not strictly native to English sometimes have an apostrophe substituted to represent other characters (see also [[#As a mark of elision|As a mark of elision]], below).
*Anglicised versions of [[Irish surnames]] typically contain an apostrophe after an ''O'' (in place of [[Ó#Irish|Ó]]), for example "[[Dara Ó Briain|Dara O'Briain]]" for {{lang|ga|Dara Ó{{nbsp}}Bríain}}.
*Some [[Scottish Gaelic name|Scottish]] and [[Irish name|Irish]] surnames use an apostrophe after an ''M'', for example ''M'Gregor''. The apostrophe here may be seen as marking a contraction where the prefix ''Mc'' or ''[[Irish surname prefixes|Mac]]'' would normally appear. However, it may also arise from a misinterpretation of printers' use of an inverted comma, <span style=font-family:serif>{{char|‘}}</span> (''turned comma'' or "6-quote"), as a substitute for superscript ''c'' when printing with hand-set metal type. Compare: <span style=font-family:serif>M'Lean, M<sup>c</sup>Lean, M‘Lean</span>.<ref name="M'Culloch">{{cite web |title=M'Culloch and the Turned Comma |url=http://www.greenbag.org/v12n3/v12n3_collins.pdf |access-date=14 March 2012 |first=Michael G. |last=Collins |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924023612/http://www.greenbag.org/v12n3/v12n3_collins.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>