Good Grief, Birmingham!
Jan. 30th, 2009 06:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ap_aelfwineLONDON – On the streets of Birmingham, the queen's English is now the queens English.
England's second-largest city has decided to drop apostrophes from all its street signs, saying they're confusing and old-fashioned.
I'm generally in favour of mediaeval re-introductions, but this is just daft. Especially since I doubt that aesc, thorn, and medial gutterals are also part of the deal.
Actually, as I think about it, perhaps somebody should point out to this concilor that "not using apostrophes is simply mediaeval."
If I have his measure aright, he'd turn into an enthusiastic apostrophe supporter immediately. ;-)
England's second-largest city has decided to drop apostrophes from all its street signs, saying they're confusing and old-fashioned.
I'm generally in favour of mediaeval re-introductions, but this is just daft. Especially since I doubt that aesc, thorn, and medial gutterals are also part of the deal.
Actually, as I think about it, perhaps somebody should point out to this concilor that "not using apostrophes is simply mediaeval."
If I have his measure aright, he'd turn into an enthusiastic apostrophe supporter immediately. ;-)
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Date: 2009-01-31 12:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-31 04:29 am (UTC)I wanted to do what Sev's doing there when I read the story. ;-)
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Date: 2009-01-31 04:36 am (UTC)PS
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Date: 2009-01-31 03:59 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-31 04:42 am (UTC)In fact, since apostrophes are apparently elitist in his world, I'm sure he believes that they had them, and used them frequently. ;-)