I don't think it will mess up if you past it in your about or profile comment. If it doesn't then you could always try to past it in your profile somewhere then recopy and paste it but I am not sure if that would work.
Copy your words, paste them here, then go to all the apostrophes, delete them, and type a new one in.
This happens with quotation marks, too. The reason is the Microsoft word doesn't just has apostrophes and quotation marks that can face two different directions. So, when you type one, it's not just that character, it's all the formatting code and data that tells it which way to face. When you delete it and type it here, you have the single ' that doesn't use formatting to make it face different directions.
Forums use unformatted text
Word uses word formatted text.
So, again, the simple solution is to retype all the apostrophes.
Hope this helps! (or at least settles some confusion)
This happens with quotation marks, too. The reason is that Microsoft word doesn't just have apostrophes and quotation marks, it has ones that can face two different directions. So, when you type one, it's not just that character, it's all the formatting code and data that tells it which way to face. If you copy, paste, delete the apostrophe, and type it here, you have the single ' that doesn't use formatting to make it face different directions.