Chris Green wrote (playfully I'm sure): > England's (yes, 's!) second-largest city banishes apostrophes.
This announcement of the death of the apostrophe in Birmingham is premature. It only applies to street signs (as yet!): >England's second-largest city has decided to drop apostrophes from >all its street signs, saying they're confusing and old-fashioned. The same 'problem' arises in relation to the area of London in which I live, Shepherd's Bush, which is often written "Shepherds Bush". In fact my neighbouring main road has the road sign "Shepherds Bush Road". A Google check on my local Council website shows they generally have it as "Shepherds Bush", though the journalists on the Council's [Councils?] free weekly newssheet mostly opt for the apostrophe. The fight to maintain standards goes on. :-) Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London http://www.esterson.org *************************************************************************** **** Subject: Its a catastrophe for the apostrophe in Britain - Yahoo! News From: "Christopher D. Green" <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 14:32:20 -0500 Reply-To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------040904060208060507070307" England's (yes, 's!) second-largest city banishes apostrophes. Says they're confusing?? http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090131/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_no_apostrophe Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
