On Tuesday 05 September 2006 01:37 pm, Carl Lowenstein wrote: > On 9/5/06, Gregory K. Ruiz-Ade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sep 5, 2006, at 12:18 PM, Carl Lowenstein wrote: > > > Then > > > there is the mail-order company Lands' End, which seems to have its > > > own apostrophe problem. > > > > I believe this may be a plural possessive, in which case this would > > be correct. > > It is my understanding that it was intended to be a singular > possessive Land's End but somebody slipped up. Similar to the case of > Lena Bryant who forgot how to spell her own name when establishing the > eponymous clothing store. > > carl > -- > carl lowenstein marine physical lab u.c. san diego > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Then there is the problem of family names like mine "La Quey." I get mail to "Mr. La" and "Mr. Quey", to "Mr. La Quey" and "Mr. Laquey" I have settled on just giving my name as "Laquey" if I know a computer will be involved. Bob La Quey -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
