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Apostrophe ban on Devon council's new street names

wotsthat
wotsthat Posts: 11,325 Forumite
in Debate House Prices & the Economy
Graham Devon strikes back against the punctuation police....
The apostrophe is being banned from street names in parts of Devon to "avoid potential confusion".
Graham Devon, from the council, said there was "no national guidance that stop's apostrophe's being used. It give's me great pleasure to implement these measure's"
Forum proofreader Chewmylegoff from Ashburton said the thought of apostrophes being removed made him "shudder".

"It's almost as though somebody with a giant eraser is literally trying to erase punctuation from our consciousness," he told BBC News.

Bakers View in Newton Abbot is named after Sir Samuel White Baker. He said there was something "terribly British and terribly reassuring" about well-written and well-punctuated writing.

"Some may say I should get a life and get out more, but if I got out more and saw place names with no apostrophes where there should be, I shudder to think how I'd react," he added.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-21795179
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  • Mr._Pricklepants
    Mr._Pricklepants Posts: 1,311 Forumite
    Thank's...that was funny. :)
  • grizzly1911
    grizzly1911 Posts: 9,965 Forumite
    News must be slow WGAT?
    "If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....

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  • Graham_Devon
    Graham_Devon Posts: 58,560 Forumite
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    Darn it. You all know I work in a welly shop now!
  • System
    System Posts: 178,146 Community Admin
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    I think "fee's" is the one that really make me facepalm.
  • Graham_Devon
    Graham_Devon Posts: 58,560 Forumite
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    Joeskeppi wrote: »
    I think "fee's" is the one that really make me facepalm.

    Made me too!
  • BobQ
    BobQ Posts: 11,181 Forumite
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    wotsthat wrote: »
    Graham Devon strikes back against the punctuation police....

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-21795179

    Maybe this development needs to be reported to the Apostrophe Protection Society:

    http://www.apostrophe.org.uk/index.html
    :)
    Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are incapable of forming such opinions.
  • Nikkster
    Nikkster Posts: 6,391 Forumite
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    I think the local council here must have decided against apostrophes at some point - and replaced the street signs (although a few got missed). I think it is pretty ridiculous, and if it was down to me the apostrophes would be reinstated.
  • Davesnave
    Davesnave Posts: 34,741 Forumite
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    Apostrophes? Pah!

    Speaking as a resident of Mid Devon, I can confirm that the Council's relaxed attitude simply mirrors the way of life here.

    So long as you're not hurting children, beating women or into sheep abuse, you can pretty much do what you like in this last bastion of un-gentrified country living. :)

    Butts Lane or Butt's Lane, we don't care! :p
  • ukclare
    ukclare Posts: 237 Forumite
    Will that be the end of Westward Ho! then?
  • Davesnave
    Davesnave Posts: 34,741 Forumite
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    edited 18 March 2013 at 9:08AM
    ukclare wrote: »
    Will that be the end of Westward Ho! then?

    No. [STRIKE]Westward Hoe.... [/STRIKE] Sorry, that's something else altogether....Westward Ho! is in Torridge, where the council spends money like water on stuff like tourism and accommodating the whims of Damien Hirst. They aren't going to worry about savings on a few apostrophes or exclamation marks.

    The real beauty of Mid Devon is that few people appear to know it exists, or if they do, exactly where it is. :D
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