On 1 Feb 2009 at 4:56, Allen Esterson wrote: > This announcement of the death of the apostrophe in Birmingham is > premature. It only applies to street signs (as yet!): > > The same 'problem' arises in relation to the area of London in which I > live, Shepherd's Bush, which is often written "Shepherds Bush".
Those inscrutable British have other problems with signs. A recent NY Times article (http://tinyurl.com/d84s2d ) pointed out that some of them display such place names as Butt Hole Road, East Breast, North Piddle, and Slutshole Lane. I myself, not too long ago, observed a road sign in England commanding "Humps for 200 feet". Of course, this is nothing compared to the trouble a town in Austria has with _its_ name (http://tinyurl.com/63byd ). Stephen ---------------------------------------------------- Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University e-mail: [email protected] 2600 College St. Sherbrooke QC J1M 1Z7 Canada Subscribe to discussion list (TIPS) for the teaching of psychology at http://flightline.highline.edu/sfrantz/tips/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
