tonyh29 Posted July 14, 2011 Posted July 14, 2011 Stefan Gatward has been wrestling with inner turmoil ever since the Birmingham city council began removing the apostrophes from the city’s signs this January. Finally, his frustration was too much to bear, and Stefan took it upon himself to fix the signs. But he didn’t stop there … He will not join the ‘five items or less’ queue at the supermarket, in protest that the sign should read ‘five items or fewer’. He also gets annoyed when people-neglect the ‘Royal’ in ‘Royal Tunbridge Wells’, and was vexed when he saw a major chain store advertising sales with signs saying ‘until stocks last’ rather than ‘while stocks last’. ‘I fought for the preservation of our heritage and our language but some people seem happy to let that go. I’m not,’ he said. Hi Stefan and welcome to Villatalk
coda Posted July 14, 2011 Posted July 14, 2011 Hero! I don't understand why BCC is removing valid apostrophes from signs.
Anthony Posted July 14, 2011 VT Supporter Posted July 14, 2011 Hero. Where's the poll Tony? I wanna vote!
dAVe80 Posted July 14, 2011 Posted July 14, 2011 How about 'Sad ****' ... That should have a question mark at the end of it. :winkold:
leviramsey Posted July 15, 2011 VT Supporter Posted July 15, 2011 I will bet him 1000 bitcoins that I can beat him at sentence diagramming.
Davkaus Posted July 15, 2011 Posted July 15, 2011 It seems to be quite widespread to completely drop apostrophes from signs. One of those ghastly new Tesco Metros, that continue to multiply like some sort of bacteria, has a huge sign inviting the public to "see whats in store". I briefly considered sending them a letter in which I could chastise them, but considered that their reply would rape our language to the extent that I'd implode due to impotent outrage.
islingtonclaret Posted July 15, 2011 Posted July 15, 2011 Both. I'd say the "Royal Tunbridge Wells" part is a step too far. When any Tesco Express has to put up a temporary sign it is, by far, the worst grammar and spelling I've seen.
The_Rev Posted July 15, 2011 Posted July 15, 2011 Personally I agree with Stephen Fry. The man is a tosser.
mjmooney Posted July 15, 2011 VT Supporter Posted July 15, 2011 Personally I agree with Stephen Fry. The man is a tosser.He is indeed. So why do you agree with him?
BOF Posted July 15, 2011 Moderator Posted July 15, 2011 "‘until stocks last’ rather than ‘while stocks last’" /\ That's another level of wrong. That just doesn't make sense. Everyone should have a problem with what is piss poor use of the language.
Troglodyte Posted July 15, 2011 VT Supporter Posted July 15, 2011 I'm often pedantic about grammar and was inclined to vote for 'hero', but at the same time I can see where people like Stephen Fry are coming from. However, I'm definitely with BOF on the above.
Jon Posted July 15, 2011 Posted July 15, 2011 I keep seeing sings near where I live alerting people to a regular "Car Boot" at the Rugby Club. Presumably when one gets there there is not just a car boot on display, but perhaps a car boot sale going on? Also, on our intranet at work, we have a couple of helpdesks to deal with IT related problems. The link to these is called Helpdesk's
LincsVilla Posted July 15, 2011 Posted July 15, 2011 I keep seeing sings near where I live Excuse me?
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