Bye bye friend. :(

[Manny2]

Posted: 2/1/09 at 6:48pm

Hello all,

I've been gone for quite some time (cos I've been busier than a child prostitute), but I'm back!

I wanted to share this with everyone:

http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_7735/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=rrHoZS19

Yeah, so apparently Birmingham is too good for the apostrophe? I'm sorry, but it's part of the English language. It's like saying, "let's cut off our jugular vein!"

Oy.

[nmartin]

Posted: 2/1/09 at 6:59pm

I read an article about that earlier in the week. I thought it was hysterical.

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Posted: 2/1/09 at 7:05pm

And the Brits always say that Americans are ruining the English language!

[SweetQintheLights]

Posted: 2/1/09 at 9:49pm

I didn't realize there could be such a big debate about apostrophes.


In the whole scheme of all the problems in the world, this one just isn't on the high list.


"Through the decades, residents have frequently launched spirited campaigns to restore the missing punctuation to signs denoting such places as "St. Pauls Square" or "Acocks Green."

Am I the only person who took the words "Acocks Green" and broke it up?
A c*ck is green.

Wow. I need a life.

Updated On: 2/1/09 at 09:49 PM

[Dein Herr]

Posted: 2/1/09 at 10:02pm

Hee, SweetQ, in a thread about apostrophe use, I'd make sure to avoid misusing them!

[iflitifloat]

Posted: 2/1/09 at 10:43pm

It's just wrong.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 2/2/09 at 3:02am

thud

[Taryn]

Posted: 2/2/09 at 3:12am

Apostrophes are...confusing? Really? They show possessives and contractions. How hard is that? I just can't understand this concept that people are so confused by apostrophes that having the original forms of these street signs would cause difficulty in them navigating.