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Re: An observation on settlements in Britain

by FCS <sipston_777@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Jul 27, 2007 at 08:01 PM

On Jul 9, 9:27 am, "John Briggs" <john.brig...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> FCS wrote:
> > Maybe I haven't lived enough places. But it does
> > seem that plenty of cities have pub's named The
> > Town Crier, but very few towns do.
>
> > Just a thought.
>
> O Apostrophe! Where is thy sting?

> John Briggs

Pub' - contraction of "Public House".

Archaic and unneccessary? Yes.

Grammatically incorrect? Not exactly.

G DAEB

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An observation on settlements in Britain
FCS <sipston_777@[EMAI  2007-07-08 20:23:08 
Re: An observation on settlements in Britain
"John Briggs" &  2007-07-09 08:27:09 
Re: An observation on settlements in Britain
Paul Burke <paul@[EMAI  2007-07-09 10:11:10 
Re: An observation on settlements in Britain
"John Briggs" &  2007-07-09 19:43:10 
Re: An observation on settlements in Britain
Blue Sow <janet.read@[  2007-07-09 12:38:19 
Re: An observation on settlements in Britain
FCS <sipston_777@[EMAI  2007-07-27 20:01:37 
Re: An observation on settlements in Britain
{R} <nospam@[EMAIL PRO  2007-07-28 08:33:03 
Re: An observation on settlements in Britain
FCS <sipston_777@[EMAI  2007-07-27 20:52:59 

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