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Ipswich pursue Curb's.

SoundAsa£
SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,521
edited December 2008 in General Charlton
According to BBC Ceefax page 338....source.....todays Mirror.
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  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,926
    I said about 2 months ago he will be their next manager.

    I saw it in one of Mortamerician's dreams !
  • Heath Hero
    Heath Hero Posts: 1,520
    That yung2368 fella will be suicidal.
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,128
    [cite]Posted By: SoundAsa£[/cite]According to BBC Ceefax page 338.
    I thought you said you were only 60!! ;-)
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,521
    ?
  • Salad
    Salad Posts: 10,189
    when did he get an apostrophe in his name?
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,521
    Salad...I'm sitting in my office with two ex-Roan grammar school boys(both in their 70's I may add), who tell me that's correct....Curb's...my spelling isn't that great I know but my punctuation isn't that bad...I think we're right here?
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,336
    edited December 2008
    [cite]Posted By: SoundAsa£[/cite]Salad...I'm sitting in my office with two ex-Roan grammar school boys(both in their 70's I may add), who tell me that's correct....Curb's...my spelling isn't that great I know but my punctuation isn't that bad...I think we're right here?

    Think Salad is right. It would be correct if it was Curbs' job/book but not as a nickname. Could be justified as a contraction of Curbishley as in wasn't or hasn't but I think that is stretching a point

    For example Pard's is wrong, Pards would be correct.
    (grammatically not in terms of employment obviously)

    I went to a comprehensive BTW : - )
  • Salad
    Salad Posts: 10,189
    They are wrong sorry!

    His nickname is "Curbs", so even if there were to be an apostrophe it would be after the "s", for example:

    Ipswich pursue Curbs' signature.
  • Salad
    Salad Posts: 10,189
    [cite]Posted By: Henry Irving[/cite]I went to a comprehensive BTW : - )
    a's did I
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,336
    [cite]Posted By: Salad[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: Henry Irving[/cite]I went to a comprehensive BTW : - )
    a's did I

    I went to Crown Wood's ; - )

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  • scruffle
    scruffle Posts: 2,286
    however "Curb's pursued by Ipswich" now thats ok
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,471
    edited December 2008
    Would it not have to be "Curbs's pursued by ipswich" as in "Curbs is"?
  • Salad
    Salad Posts: 10,189
    edited December 2008
    [cite]Posted By: scruffle[/cite]however "Curb's pursued by Ipswich" now thats ok
    only if his nickname's "Curb", which it ain't
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,686
    Salad or rather S'alad as he seems to have suddenly become:-) is correct.
  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,241
    He may well be correct but i cannot believe he even pointed it out.
  • Salad
    Salad Posts: 10,189
    [cite]Posted By: Curb_It[/cite]He may well be correct but i cannot believe he even pointed it out.
    In English, the first person pronoun should always be capitalised :-)
  • kigelia
    kigelia Posts: 2,582
    I can't believe you are all going on about the bloody apostrophes and have missed the glaringly obvious cockup that Ipwich Council's highways department has made. Surely it should be Kerb not curb?
  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,455
    [cite]Posted By: Dazzler21[/cite]Would it not have to be "Curbs's persued by ipswich" as in "Curbs is"?
    Not really - since 'persued' isn't a real word.
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,521
    Salad's opened up a can of tuna here!!!!!!
  • Valley11
    Valley11 Posts: 12,016
    Hahaha one of the best posts on here for ages!

    I wonder if the Millwall and Palace fans have similar grammatical debates.

    Just for the record, Curbs is without an apostrophe. Curb's suggests he is taking ownership of something or that it's an abbreviation of his name, which of course it is not.

    That said, I think we all understood what you meant Sound.

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  • bingaddick
    bingaddick Posts: 8,184
    If his nickname is Curbs, then it should be - Ipswich pursue Curbs

    Unless its a headline in an American paper in which case it should be - Ipswich pursues Curbs - as Americans seem to view a collective noun as singular.

    If the sentence starts with his name it should be - Curbs's pursued by Ipswich

    I think........
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,336
    "Curbs Curb's enthusiasm for Ipswich" would be correct would it not?
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,471
    [cite]Posted By: Leroy Ambrose[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: Dazzler21[/cite]Would it not have to be "Curbs's persued by ipswich" as in "Curbs is"?
    Not really - since 'persued' isn't a real word.

    Apologies edited... Happy to admit my spelling fell short there!
  • scruffle
    scruffle Posts: 2,286
    [cite]Posted By: Salad[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: scruffle[/cite]however "Curb's pursued by Ipswich" now thats ok
    only if his nickname's "Curb", which it ain't

    Ok fair nuff

    edit - "however Curbs's pursued by Ipswich" is correct grammer wise - just sounds stupid
  • pilchard
    pilchard Posts: 3,763
    edited December 2008
    perhaps yung2000 will bore the s~~t out of everyone on the Ipswich site now
  • Heath Hero
    Heath Hero Posts: 1,520
    On Netaddicks there used to be a poster called The Apostropher Royal - is that one of you lot?!
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,471
    [cite]Posted By: scruffle[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: Salad[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: scruffle[/cite]however "Curb's pursued by Ipswich" now thats ok
    only if his nickname's "Curb", which it ain't

    Ok fair nuff

    edit - "however Curbs's pursued by Ipswich" is correct grammer wise - just sounds stupid

    so was i right, my spelling excepted?
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,521
    Ha ha...this really is very amusing...well done lads and lasses.
    Or should that be lad's and lassies?
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,521
    Crown Woods...it would appear they are singularly better at grammar than sport...we(Catford Boys that is), used to 'thrash' them at everything!

    Oh and scruffle...by the way.....it's grammar not grammer.

    You gotta laugh folks...we could be here all day at this rate!
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,982
    [cite]Posted By: Dazzler21[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: scruffle[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: Salad[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: scruffle[/cite]however "Curb's pursued by Ipswich" now thats ok
    only if his nickname's "Curb", which it ain't

    Ok fair nuff

    edit - "however Curbs's pursued by Ipswich" is correct grammer wise - just sounds stupid

    so was i right, my spelling excepted?

    Well, actually Dazzler ......logically it should be "Curbs's pursued by, etc" ...., but grammatically the second S should be dropped
    = "...Curbs' pursued by, etc....."

    Which reads as Curbs pursued by Ipswich .... which is where we came in, of course! :o)

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