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Birmingham bans apostrophes

A city in England apparently overwhelmed by complaints over the punctuation of certain street signs has decided to throw in the towel on apostrophes, according to a Telegraph article that reads like a piece from The Onion. The Birmingham City Council recently said goodbye to the apostrophe on signs for St. Paul’s Square and other […]