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North Yorkshire Council to phase out apostrophe use on street signs (www.bbc.co.uk)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Let me guess, young Bobby found his place in the working world - and is taking out his anger to his parents on any apostrophe he can find

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

She said: "I think we should be using apostrophes.

"If you start losing things like that then everything goes downhill doesn't it?"

Lol. Brexit is the thing she should be worried about. Not apostrophes on street signs.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

If an apostrophe can mess up your IT system, it might be a time for system redesign.