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icarusAs many of you have no doubt read, The city of Birmingham is dropping apostrophes from street signs.
I was horrified until I read![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
mad_maudlin's (our mad linguist) light and funny post about the history of using the possessive apostrophe and why it's NOT A SIGN OF THE APOCALYPSE.
Many, "huh, really?" moments. Also, I'm rather embarrassed for the English language. Our underwear is showing.
I was horrified until I read
mad_maudlin's (our mad linguist) light and funny post about the history of using the possessive apostrophe and why it's NOT A SIGN OF THE APOCALYPSE. Many, "huh, really?" moments. Also, I'm rather embarrassed for the English language. Our underwear is showing.
