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January 13, 2012 12:44 pm PST
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/1bIwruyBnu8/bookseller-to-remove-apostroph.html
Bookseller to remove posessive apostrophe from own name
British bookseller Waterstone's is dropping the apostrophe from its name, but keeping the possessive form: i.e. "Waterstones Books" instead of "Waterstone Books." Camacho for Prime Minister! Waterstone's claims that apostrophes are "impractical" in a "digital world of URLs and email", but others point out that it's not hurting McDonald's or U.K. mega-retailer Sainsbury's.Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/1bIwruyBnu8/bookseller-to-remove-apostroph.html
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