On Sun, 01 Feb 2009 01:59:07 -0800, Allen Esterson wrote: >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!):
An an ignorant U.S. citizen I have to ask: what do they do with names like O'Hara? Or do the British do not name streets after the Irish? If they use Ohara, I wonder if anyone realizes that that is name that can be either Irish or Japanese. -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
