Site Administrator Graeme Posted January 30, 2009 Site Administrator Share Posted January 30, 2009 Apostrophes abolished by council I thought the editors here would want to know.... Link to comment
Cynical Romantic Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 *LOL*. Reminds me of how the Quebec government has been waging a war on the apostrophe for a few decades now. You see, in the infinite wisdom of the separatists, an English word isn't really English if the apostrophe is removed. So Eaton's (while it was open) became Eaton, and that was okay because it was a name, not a possessive, and that could count as French. If Birmingham Council and the OLF were to team up, together, they could rid the world of the dreaded apostrophe once and for all. Link to comment
MikeL Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Good to know not all grammar violations occur in the US. Link to comment
Site Moderator TalonRider Posted January 30, 2009 Site Moderator Share Posted January 30, 2009 I don't think I've ever seen a street sign with an apostrophe. Link to comment
David McLeod Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 One more example of why government should have limited powers. Link to comment
AFriendlyFace Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 One ridiculous sign at a cafe' I frequent reads: "Smile, your on camera!" Technically I suppose they're demanding, and quite strongly at that, that I make my on camera (as opposed to my 'off camera') smile. Regrettably I never bring my camera to that cafe, and even if I did I probably wouldn't turn it on and try to make it smile. Link to comment
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