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- Gael Fashingbauer Cooper
- I'm an entertainment editor at MSNBC.com, and have maintained Pop Culture Junk Mail since August, 1999. The New York Times called the site "one of the best places to explore pop culture online," and Entertainment Weekly included it on their Top 100 Web Sites list. If you like weird food, strange products, and 1970s and 1980s nostalgia, PCJM is your home away from home.
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5 comments:
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.
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