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Apostrophes on signage? Not in Birmingham anymore! -- (link)

Posted by Andie (aka Andie) Jan 30 '09, 14:13

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i'm truly surprised (news.yahoo.com)

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I have no problem with eliminating them from street names and place names. -- nm - mara Jan 30, 14:32
'Oy! W'at's goin' on 'ere?! -- nm - Mop Jan 30, 14:27
Use 'em *right* or lose 'em! I approve. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 30, 14:19
CONFUSING AND OUTDATED?!!! Where's my Grammar Stick?!! -- nm - Mop Jan 30, 14:17 1
- Seriously. We need to suit up in grammar nazi jackboots and trample that town's signage ... :) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 30, 14:19
Lynne Truss just had a stroke. -- nm - Reagen Jan 30, 14:16
That's been a national standard for decades, in San Fran, Hunter's Point became Hunters Point, no more tildes dipthongs nor oomlauts either -- nm - zeitgeist for dogs Jan 30, 14:15 8
- We have a national anti-apostrophe standard? I was never notified. -- nm - TFox Jan 30, 14:17 1
  - Ill forward you the memo -- nm - Stacy si Jan 30, 14:18
- they're all fucking dipthongs, that's what they are. "Do you have anything to declare?" - Beryllium Jan 30, 14:17 2
  - bills bery a buck for the *uck -- nm - zeitgeist for dogs Jan 30, 14:29 1
    - i just dont understand some peoples abuse of the apostrophe. ;-) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 30, 14:38
- well, sure, in YOUR nation. -- nm - Andie Jan 30, 14:17 2
  - I assumed because I lived in Alabama as a kid -- nm - zeitgeist for dogs Jan 30, 14:21
  - then again, we've got Quebec's Bill 101 - Reagen Jan 30, 14:18

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