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Its St. Johns--Not St. John's — Brooklynian

Its St. Johns--Not St. John's

rbg
rbg
edited November -1 in Prospect Heights

Subject: Its St. Johns--Not St. John's

Did anyone else notice the glaring signage error on the new store? The owners mistakenly added an apostrophe....Someone should tell them.

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  • vidro3
    vidro3
    no, i think they just included the apostrophe that the street sign omitted.

    "Johns" on the street sign either means that there are several saints named John for which the street is named after, or it is a possessive noun without the apostrophe meaning the street belonging to Saint John.

    It is standard practice in the US to omit apostrophes in place names.
  • apollonia666
    apollonia666
    I can't help myself -- the first word of the title of this thread should be "It's," not "Its."
  • daver
    daver
    apollonia666 wrote: I can't help myself -- the first word of the title of this thread should be "It's," not "Its."
    lol

    What new store?
  • joncane
    joncane
    I believe it is standard practice to omit apostrophes in NY street signs. That does not mean that the apostrophe doesn't belong there.

    Now *here* is some apostrophe abuse - http://irsosmart.blogspot.com/
  • cool the kid
    cool the kid
    IT's Crown Heights not Prospect Heights East
  • daver
    daver
    Cool The Kid wrote: IT's Crown Heights not Prospect Heights East
    ProHoE, ya mean?
    NoSloHoE?
    PaSloHoKo?
    IdOn'TkNoMo?
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    For what it's worth, there's no period after the St in St Johns Pl either.

    See this thread from 3 years ago:
    http://64.21.158.241/~brooklyn/forums/viewtopic.php?t=158&sid=9bd48548de6add8597ae8323710b32cf
  • daver
    daver
    Carnivore wrote: For what it's worth, there's no period after the St in St Johns Pl either.

    See this thread from 3 years ago:
    http://64.21.158.241/~brooklyn/forums/viewtopic.php?t=158&sid=9bd48548de6add8597ae8323710b32cf
    BUT- on some of the NYC buildings websites and whatnot, I have noticed that you have to look it up as SAINT instead of ST. For what it is worth.

    Also FWIW, the official USPS standardization is "SAINT JOHNS PL".
  • bohuma
    bohuma
    I've seen so many real misspellings/typos on canopies etc. in this city, it's not funny. My favorite is one on Broadway in Long Island City/Astoria (nobody's quite sure of the boundaries there either - including the USPS). This Indian restaurant has "Mughal Diner" painted on the window and printed on their menus, and "Mughal Dinner" on its canopy. I've seen lots of errors on printed menus too. I also make my fair share of typos and spelling/grammatical errors, so I try not to get too serious about them.
  • rbg
    rbg

    Subject: officially embarassed..

    I'm embarassed...i really am.
  • eterpay
    eterpay
    Kind of reminds me of this....

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  • daver
    daver
    [quote=eterpay]Kind of reminds me of this....
    image
    Lol, I think I saw that the other night on here...
    image
  • joseph11
    joseph11
    No street signs in the city have apostrophes.
  • khuntiennang
    khuntiennang
    apollonia666 wrote: I can't help myself -- the first word of the title of this thread should be "It's," not "Its."
    lol. good observation
    i actually didnt noticed that at first.
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