In uk.culture.language.english on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:01:37 -0700, FCS
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> wrote:
}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.
Almost no native Englishman will refer to a pub as anything other than a
pub in normal conversation, if you say "public House" the native will look
at you oddly.
If a pub is refereed to as a Public House then this will be in formal,
legal, licensing, police etc stuff
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