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Free Software Foundation Europe on Microsoft finesFree Software Foundation Europe on Microsoft finesPosted Jul 14, 2006 8:25 UTC (Fri) by MortFurd (guest, #9389)In reply to: Free Software Foundation Europe on Microsoft fines by man_ls Parent article: Free Software Foundation Europe on Microsoft fines
Don't bet on Europeans being any better with apostrophes.
I saw this this morning at a gas station that also sells snacks: Donut's (the only word on the sign, obviously meant to be the plural of Donut.)
This isn't an isolated example, either. It is very common to see this kind of thing. Note also: It not proper German to make the possesive form of a word with "apostrophe S."
Check out "Fools's Apostrophe" and some of the links there:
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Free Software Foundation Europe on Microsoft fines Posted Jul 15, 2006 10:17 UTC (Sat) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link] I've seen one piece of tourist-directed English shopfront signage in the Alsace area which possessivised English by adding `es'. For a moment I hoped they were putting up signs in early Middle English, but alas no. It wouldn't have been correct German in that instance either. :)
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