Simviation Forum - Bad day for Hagar and Fozzer

Jan 12^th, 2012 at 3:56am

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This should make you both role your eyes.......
End of an "S" Roll Eyes

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Reply #1 - Jan 12^th, 2012 at 4:17am

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For me...its the end of the World, as I know it!... Cry

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Earl's Court Railway Station without an apostrophe would be sacrilege!... Angry

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Paul..The Keeper of the bag of Apostrophes/Apostrophe's (take your pick!)... Grin

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...I love 'em to bits!... Kiss

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...over to you, Doug... Wink

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Reply #2 - Jan 12^th, 2012 at 4:21am

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Unbelievable! Especially bad form for a bookseller. What is the World coming to? Roll Eyes

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Reply #3 - Jan 12^th, 2012 at 4:35am

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I take it in the form that the property/business, upon which the sign is mounted, belongs to, and is owned by the family named "Waterstone"....

...therefore it is; Waterstone's...

Paul....I have a headache approaching... Wink

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Reply #4 - Jan 12^th, 2012 at 4:47am

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The history of ~~Waterstone's~~ Waterstones. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterstone%27s

Note the article has already been updated.

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Reply #5 - Jan 12^th, 2012 at 4:54am

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What will become of St. James's Gate?

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Reply #6 - Jan 12^th, 2012 at 5:13am

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Webb wrote on Jan 12^th, 2012 at 4:54am:

What will become of St. James's Gate?

That's under threat too. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/4602491/Second-council-b...

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Reply #7 - Jan 12^th, 2012 at 5:15am

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Hagar wrote on Jan 12^th, 2012 at 4:47am:

The history of ~~Waterstone's~~ Waterstones. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterstone%27s

Note the article has already been updated.

And they have blocked any edit on the name too Roll Eyes

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Reply #8 - Jan 12^th, 2012 at 6:44am

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Webb wrote on Jan 12^th, 2012 at 4:54am:

What will become of St. James's Gate?

Pardon me, But isn't it supposed to be "St.James' Gate?

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Twitter users warn the change is another step towards the 'extinction' of the apostrophe

Since when was the apostrophe a species Roll Eyes

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Reply #9 - Jan 12^th, 2012 at 7:02am

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hyperpep111 wrote on Jan 12^th, 2012 at 6:44am:

Webb wrote on Jan 12^th, 2012 at 4:54am:

What will become of St. James's Gate?

Pardon me, But isn't it supposed to be "St.James' Gate?

No. It refers to only one St. James.

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Reply #10 - Jan 13^th, 2012 at 12:09am

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I have two teenage sisters who text me everyday and I am convinced their phones lack any sort of punctuation buttons, and certainly no form of spell check. Roll Eyes

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Reply #11 - Jan 13^th, 2012 at 8:07am

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Reply #12 - Jan 13^th, 2012 at 8:23am

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BigTruck wrote on Jan 13^th, 2012 at 12:09am:

I have two teenage sisters who text me everyday and I am convinced their phones lack any sort of punctuation buttons, and certainly no form of spell check. Roll Eyes

Thank God, I thought I was the only one. My youngest sisters (I am old enough to be their father) send me texts that I spend days trying work out what they mean. I have given up trying to follow some of their facebook conversation with their peers. You would need an Enigma machine to decode it Grin

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Reply #13 - Jan 13^th, 2012 at 8:52am

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expat wrote on Jan 13^th, 2012 at 8:23am:

BigTruck wrote on Jan 13^th, 2012 at 12:09am:

I have two teenage sisters who text me everyday and I am convinced their phones lack any sort of punctuation buttons, and certainly no form of spell check. Roll Eyes

Thank God, I thought I was the only one. My youngest sisters (I am old enough to be their father) send me texts that I spend days trying work out what they mean. I have given up trying to follow some of their facebook conversation with their peers. You would need an Enigma machine to decode it Grin

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It's the other way around for me....I punctuate and spell out all of my texts, but my mum uses annoying abbreviations Tongue

I think taking the apostrophe away is OK in this case. The store no longer belongs to Mr Waterstone and so it is no longer Waterstone's. Instead each store is now one of many Waterstones.

If there's no more possession why keep a possessive apostrophe?

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Reply #14 - Jan 13^th, 2012 at 2:07pm

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Mictheslik wrote on Jan 13^th, 2012 at 8:52am:

expat wrote on Jan 13^th, 2012 at 8:23am:

BigTruck wrote on Jan 13^th, 2012 at 12:09am:

I have two teenage sisters who text me everyday and I am convinced their phones lack any sort of punctuation buttons, and certainly no form of spell check. Roll Eyes

Thank God, I thought I was the only one. My youngest sisters (I am old enough to be their father) send me texts that I spend days trying work out what they mean. I have given up trying to follow some of their facebook conversation with their peers. You would need an Enigma machine to decode it Grin

Matt

It's the other way around for me....I punctuate and spell out all of my texts, but my mum uses annoying abbreviations Tongue

I think taking the apostrophe away is OK in this case. The store no longer belongs to Mr Waterstone and so it is no longer Waterstone's. Instead each store is now one of many Waterstones.

If there's no more possession why keep a possessive apostrophe?

.mic

Funny you should say that. When I get a text from my dad, it is like getting a text from a geriatric Kevin Grin

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