On Sat, 01 Jul 2006 13:46:01 GMT, "AstraVanMan"
wrote:

"Phil Clark" wrote:
Modern Dutch uses apostrophes in the plural of certain (or all?) nouns
ending in a long single vowel, such as "2 taxi's" or "3 piano's".

So does English...

No it doesn't.

I should have used a smiley for irony but couldn't think of one...

My current pet hate is panini's, which is wrong on two counts.

"Phil Clark" wrote:
No it doesn't.

I should have used a smiley for irony but couldn't think of one...

My current pet hate is panini's, which is wrong on two counts.

Arse. My irony recognition system obviously needs upgrading - I'm normally
the first to whinge about people not getting irony.

I often wonder that if aliens were to visit earth, what they'd go away
thinking was the correct way to use the English language.....

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On Sat, 01 Jul 2006 22:52:32 GMT, "AstraVanMan"
wrote:

"Phil Clark" wrote:
No it doesn't.

I should have used a smiley for irony but couldn't think of one...

My current pet hate is panini's, which is wrong on two counts.

Arse. My irony recognition system obviously needs upgrading - I'm normally
the first to whinge about people not getting irony.

I often wonder that if aliens were to visit earth, what they'd go away
thinking was the correct way to use the English language.....

I thought all aliens spoke 'Merkan ?
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On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 Charles Ellson wrote:

On 30 Jun 2006 14:23:07 -0700, wrote:


Dave Arquati wrote:


* depending on which maps you consult (A-Z or Bart's) and whether you
prefer the LB Hammersmith & Fulham's usage (which rarely includes an
apostrophe on anything Bush-related).

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What happened to the publication "Nicholson's London Streetfinder"?

Probably now branded as "Collins" (if still published), my 1995
Nicholson Greater London Street Atlas carrying the information "a
division of HarperCollinsPublishers [sic]".

It was much better than the A thru Z.

If you mean an A-Z, anything used to be better but they seem to
improved in more recent years although whoever's name appears in the
big print, the small print usually credits the Ordnance Survey.

Speaking of London atlases and apostrophes, the best atlas I have come
across is Philip's Street Atlas London, published by Philip's.

Those apostrophes are fine. But I also have, dating from an earlier
age, Philips' Modern School Atlas, published by George Philip & Son Ltd.
I wonder what that one is doing there.
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Phil Clark wrote:

On Sat, 01 Jul 2006 13:46:01 GMT, "AstraVanMan"
wrote:

"Phil Clark" wrote:
Modern Dutch uses apostrophes in the plural of certain (or all?) nouns
ending in a long single vowel, such as "2 taxi's" or "3 piano's".

So does English...

No it doesn't.

I should have used a smiley for irony but couldn't think of one...

My current pet hate is panini's, which is wrong on two counts.

Three.
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"Phil Clark" wrote in message ...
On Sat, 01 Jul 2006 13:46:01 GMT, "AstraVanMan"
wrote:

"Phil Clark" wrote:
Modern Dutch uses apostrophes in the plural of certain (or all?) nouns
ending in a long single vowel, such as "2 taxi's" or "3 piano's".

So does English...

No it doesn't.

I should have used a smiley for irony but couldn't think of one...

I use this one

Fe]


My current pet hate is panini's, which is wrong on two counts.
Is panini already a plural word ?

Richard [in PE12]



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On Sun, 2 Jul 2006 09:54:57 +0100, "Richard M Willis"
wrote:

My current pet hate is panini's, which is wrong on two counts.
Is panini already a plural word ?

Yes, the singular is panino. And if it wasn't already plural it
wouldn't need the apostrophe. Not sure what Chris Tolley's third
error is.

Phil Clark wrote:

On Sun, 2 Jul 2006 09:54:57 +0100, "Richard M Willis"
wrote:

My current pet hate is panini's, which is wrong on two counts.
Is panini already a plural word ?

Yes, the singular is panino. And if it wasn't already plural it
wouldn't need the apostrophe. Not sure what Chris Tolley's third
error is.

You didn't the word in quotation marks. ;-)

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Chris Tolley wrote:

Phil Clark wrote:

On Sun, 2 Jul 2006 09:54:57 +0100, "Richard M Willis"
wrote:

My current pet hate is panini's, which is wrong on two counts.
Is panini already a plural word ?

Yes, the singular is panino. And if it wasn't already plural it
wouldn't need the apostrophe. Not sure what Chris Tolley's third
error is.

You didn't the word in quotation marks. ;-)

The Hound of the Pedantvilles strikes again. ... didn't *put* the ...


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In article Phil Clark writes:
On Sun, 2 Jul 2006 09:54:57 +0100, "Richard M Willis"
wrote:

My current pet hate is panini's, which is wrong on two counts.
Is panini already a plural word ?

Yes, the singular is panino. And if it wasn't already plural it
wouldn't need the apostrophe.

I tend to disagree. What is plural in one language can very well become
singular in another language. Whether it was plural in the original
lanuage does not matter very much.
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