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Thanks for this, David. My original note on this was based only on my
hypothetical supposition that whoever used the expression for the first time
in the U.K. probably was referring to whoever was king at the time and that
the intent was to make it possessive and singular, hence " King's " County
or whatever was being designated at the time.
Yt from Jim in Wolfville
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From: David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com>
Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 10:11:17 -0300
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] on apostrophes in geographical names
Doug Linzey wrote:
> As for Jim's two examples, I doubt that Kings County ever had an
> apostrophe.
Hi Doug & All, Oct 20, 2006
As I noted some days ago, King's (sic) County is used throughout
Eaton's History of Kings County, except for the Cover and Title Page of
the 1972 edition (and what appears to be the original cover page of the
1910 edition).
Looking into this further--
My 1914 Webster's Dictionary, in the Pronouncing Gazatteer, has--
Kings for two locations only; counties in California & New York, but
shows widespread usage of "King's" in Atlantic Canada and elsewhere [10
locations], i. e. --
"King's, co. Leinster, Ireland...___ co. New Brunswick...___co. Nova
Scotia...___ co. Prince Edward Island"
King's Lynn or Lynn Regis, borough in Norfolk, England,
King's Mountain, township, N.C.; town, N.C.; township, S.C.; height,
S.C. battle 1780 and
King's Norton, urban district, Worcestershire, England.
It is fair to say, I think, that King's County, N.S. did at one time
have an apostrophe; newspaper usage excepted.
Yours truly, Dave Webster, Kentville
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