Signs at St. James' Park
Anyone who watched 'Grumpy Old Men' a few weeks ago will know that Barons
Court doesn't belong to a Baron, yet Earl's Court belongs to an Earl.
I don't remember the resolution. I just remember Tony Hawks had written to
Ken Livingstone asking why one had the apostrophe and the other didn't and
being impressed that the reply he got was deliberately stuffed full of
misused apostrophes.
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