[Magdalen] oh, dear

James Oppenheimer-Crawford oppenheimerjw at gmail.com
Thu Mar 23 04:31:01 UTC 2017


Why, the Sovereigns, of course.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 7:53 AM, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com
> wrote:

> Knowing that there was a move towards dropping the apostrophe from street
> signs I checked the ones at the entrance of the development where I live.
> The apostrophe is there on both sides of the street "Sovereigns' Quay". I
> have no idea which monarchs are being referred to.
>
> Roger
>
>
> On 22/03/2017 02:31, ME Michaud wrote:
>
>> The modern apostrophe was just being invented (and was not yet
>> standardized) way back then.
>>
>> https://www.technologyreview.com/s/417380/the-curious-case-o
>> f-the-evolving-apostrophe/
>> -M
>>
>> "Of Mans First Disobedience...."
>>
>
>
>


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