Re: An observation on settlements in Britain

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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