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Post by Scooby Do on Jan 31, 2009 12:20:29 GMT
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Post by Muz on Jan 31, 2009 12:24:07 GMT
Further dumbing down. I'm nott surprised it's happened in Brum though, Brummies are fick.
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Post by Scooby Do on Jan 31, 2009 12:26:29 GMT
Did you put an extra "T" in there instead of the "K"? ;D
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Post by Scooby Do on Jan 31, 2009 12:33:19 GMT
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Post by Bottom Of The Gene Pool on Jan 31, 2009 12:37:35 GMT
They should be going the whole hog, it is Burmingum after all.............cant wait until we see roadsigns in arabic.....whats that you say?
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Post by tarrant on Jan 31, 2009 13:20:30 GMT
Arabic?
What's this got to do with Arabic?
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Post by Bottom Of The Gene Pool on Feb 4, 2009 9:50:20 GMT
errr, it might have something to do with the fact that it has got the biggest islamic population in the UK.
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Post by jonren on Feb 4, 2009 12:57:53 GMT
I think BOTGP probably means Urdu or Farsi. He actually has a point.
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Post by tarrant on Feb 4, 2009 13:28:55 GMT
The purpose of an apostrophy is to clarify context within a semtence.
These are names. They can be spelt without an apostrophy.
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Post by Scooby Do on Feb 4, 2009 18:11:28 GMT
So.
James
James'
James's
Are all the same?
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Post by puffin on Feb 4, 2009 19:02:01 GMT
They've been doing it to towns for a long time. St Annes St Andrews. St Neots. etc
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Post by Scooby Do on Feb 4, 2009 19:07:51 GMT
Not correct though is it Puffin?
Puffin's Group
Puffins' Group
Puffins Group.
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Post by puffin on Feb 4, 2009 19:34:51 GMT
A lot of things aren't correct, Scooby. Common usage makes it the acceptable form for place names, and it's already in use in many street names.
I suppose the Birmingham decision was newsworthy because it was a formulated policy instead of them just going ahead and dropping the apostrophy as a lot of places have done already.
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Post by tarrant on Feb 4, 2009 20:32:13 GMT
So. James James' James's Are all the same? No, an individual called James would have the possessive, for example, James' or James's. A street might be named James' Street but the apostrophy can be dropped since there is no possessive intended. |
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