tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post118861701851444556..comments2023-09-21T08:53:42.554+01:00Comments on blethers: King's PlaceChristine McIntoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14198224025775398453noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-36205125911206421142008-10-04T23:48:00.000+01:002008-10-04T23:48:00.000+01:00You know we'll be here for you in your orthographi...You know we'll be here for you in your orthographic crisis! Beware of geeks bearing strange computers!<BR/><BR/>It's chilly but dry here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-4704001939071466222008-10-04T09:03:00.000+01:002008-10-04T09:03:00.000+01:00I was encouraged by our post to check out Wikipedi...I was encouraged by our post to check out Wikipedia <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Kings_Cross#Spelling" REL="nofollow">here</A><BR/><BR/>I confess I gave it not a moment's thought while writing the post - which just goes to show, as the general gender might remark.Christine McIntoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14198224025775398453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-7235834968425406272008-10-04T00:32:00.000+01:002008-10-04T00:32:00.000+01:00Dear Mrs B.,While I am with you all the way in reg...Dear Mrs B.,<BR/><BR/>While I am with you all the way in regard to apostrophes, their use, abuse and misuse, I see that the developer of the particular construction in King's Cross insists on calling his concert venue "Kings Place" (sic & sick!).<BR/><BR/>This concession - nay, capitulation - to illiterate designers is to be regretted, but could probably be justified by common practice, by the flexibility of English syntax, and by pointing to that which we accept quite cheerfully in place names: St Andrews, St Albans, Princes Street spring to mind.<BR/><BR/>Let him have his cacography, if only for providing what seems to be a splendid venue. O tempora! O more's!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com