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March 15, 2013 07:24 pm PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/OjcsP7zGRIQ/english-town-council-wants-to.html
English town council wants to abolish apostrophes in street-names to end "confusion"
The Conservative council in Mid-Devon, England has mooted a proposal to remove apostrophes from street signs, claiming they cause "potential confusion." I live on a street in East London with an on-again/off-again apostrophe whose presence depends on which database you're using. But given that all serious UK navigation and geocoding is done by postcode, this [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/OjcsP7zGRIQ/english-town-council-wants-to.html
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