Arrrrgh!I'm ashamed to say, I am from Birmingham. This is RIDICULOUS!Apostrophes are things you learn about at primary school... they're not that hard to figure out!
The thing that REALLY made me cringe was the mention of pubs offering "'chip's and pea's.'"
The folks at Language Log pointed out that US maps already do that. Place names just don't get apostrophes.
I can get behind the street signs losing the apostrophes, but the "chip's and pea's" bugged me too. Apostrophes are NOT that hard!
I'm just shocked this didn't happen in my town first... Birmingham, Alabama. I'm sure we'll follow suit soon.
Arrrrgh!
ReplyDeleteI'm ashamed to say, I am from Birmingham. This is RIDICULOUS!
Apostrophes are things you learn about at primary school... they're not that hard to figure out!
The thing that REALLY made me cringe was the mention of pubs offering "'chip's and pea's.'"
ReplyDeleteThe folks at Language Log pointed out that US maps already do that. Place names just don't get apostrophes.
ReplyDeleteI can get behind the street signs losing the apostrophes, but the "chip's and pea's" bugged me too. Apostrophes are NOT that hard!
ReplyDeleteI'm just shocked this didn't happen in my town first... Birmingham, Alabama. I'm sure we'll follow suit soon.
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