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July 1st 06, 01:32 PM
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St Johns Wood or St John's Wood?
On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 23:15:53 +0100, "John Rowland"
wrote: Ned Carlson wrote: What I'm wondering, is HTF did apostrophes get into the English language, anyway? None of its ancestor/contributing languages (Anglo-Saxon, Norse, French, Celtic) use or used apostrophes, did they? 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... German uses the apostrophe for the possessive of personal nouns, rather like english, eg Adolf's. |
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July 1st 06, 01:46 PM
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"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. -- "For want of the price of tea and a slice, the old man died." |
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July 1st 06, 10:21 PM
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St Johns Wood or St John's Wood?
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. |
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July 1st 06, 10:52 PM
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"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..... -- "For want of the price of tea and a slice, the old man died." |
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July 2nd 06, 12:16 AM
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St Johns Wood or St John's Wood?
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 ? -- _______ +---------------------------------------------------+ |\\ //| | Charles Ellson: | | \\ // | +---------------------------------------------------+ | | | // \\ | Alba gu brath |//___\\| |
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July 2nd 06, 07:52 AM
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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. -- http://gallery120232.fotopic.net/p9632972.html (43 136 at Cardiff Central, 30 Jun 1999) |
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July 2nd 06, 08:54 AM
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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] -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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July 2nd 06, 12:42 PM
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St Johns Wood or St John's Wood?
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. |
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July 2nd 06, 01:14 PM
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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. ;-) -- http://gallery120232.fotopic.net/p14486548.html (FY SW1001 44 (no TOPS class) at Merehead, 26 Jun 1994) |
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July 2nd 06, 01:16 PM
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St Johns Wood or St John's Wood?
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 ... -- http://gallery120232.fotopic.net/p9683757.html (142 095 at Harrogate, 29 May 1999) |
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