I should've said it's futile to argue with them.
One of my favorites is a large nearby subdivision with big, fancy stone walls
flanking the entrances bearing the name "Lost Forrest." Every time I drive by,
I imagine that poor Gump fellow wandering across folks' back yards trying to
find his way out. :-)
Walt
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Oh yes you can!
> The removal of the apostrophe by cartographers and (here) the post
> office and local authorities is no more that a vile administrative
> policy designed to simplify style and reflect the fact that most
> employees of the relevant agencies are as illiterate as the
> communities that they serve. This is a trend that must be resisted at
> all costs. Put it in!
> I used to teach in a suburb that was illegitimately denied its
> possessive apostrophe by bureaucratic fiat and trying to convince my
> students of the error was panful - "Well, it's not on the street
> signs, is it sir?!" (Visualise sneer). It's nearly as bad as the
> decapitalisation of book titles by librarians.
> May they all roast in the other place.
> AndrewF
>
>
>
> On 10/01/2006, at 4:32 AM, Walt Wayman wrote:
>
> > And you were not incorrect about "Neels Gap." My topo map shows
> > it, as well as "Neels Creek," without an apostrophe. Can't argue
> > with guv'mint cartographers, even if I am a sometimes member of the
> > grammar & punctuation squad.
>
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