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face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=3><B>Reply-To: </B> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0090_01C8E2D6.4515E280 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable If you want another example we have down this way "Clark, = Clarks, Clark's, Clarkes, Clarke's Harbour." I think most people will = spell it "Clarke's" Harbour, but I have heard it said that the name of = the man it is named after was a man named "Clark." Roland. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: James W. Wolford=20 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 2:35 PM Subject: [NatureNS] Peter or Peters vs. Peter's Island To me the issue of the APOSTROPHE and its imminent extinction is a = BIGGY. Regarding place-names, I believe that not only is there a = grammar sub-issue, but the dropping of the apostrophe carries with it = the dropping of heritage information that mnight prove to be difficult = or impossible to regain as time goes by. I think the Royal Geographical = Society rules are in there somewhere, and once I heard that map-readers = can get confused when an apostrophe might look like an isle/small = island.=20 Perhaps this can all be discussed later by those of us to whom this is = not trivial? My inclination, along with my own grammar rules (personal ones that = make sense to me), for questionable place names, like Starr's Point east = of Port Williams, is to put the apostrophe in whenever my guess is that = one is deserved. =20 One case where I was wrong, and no longer use an apostrophe, is for = Noggins Corner Farm-market at Greenwich. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. Begin forwarded message: From: Andy Moir/Chris Callaghan <andyandchris@ns.sympatico.ca> Date: July 10, 2008 11:13:30 AM ADT To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Peter or Peters Island Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Thanks to those who replied. When in doubt, I always will go with = the best local knowledge I can get. It is interesting, however, that = some local websites refer to it as Peter Island, others Peters Island, = and still others Peter's Island. Andy ------=_NextPart_000_0090_01C8E2D6.4515E280 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.6000.16674" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY=20 style=3D"WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"=20 bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2> If you=20 want another example we have down this way "Clark, Clarks, Clark's, = Clarkes,=20 Clarke's Harbour." I think most people will spell it "Clarke's" Harbour, = but I=20 have heard it said that the name of the man it is named after was a man = named=20 "Clark."</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Roland.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Djimwolford@eastlink.ca = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">James W.=20 Wolford</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> = </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, July 10, 2008 = 2:35=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] Peter or = Peters vs.=20 Peter's Island</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>To me the issue of the APOSTROPHE and its imminent = extinction=20 is a BIGGY. Regarding place-names, I believe that not only is = there a=20 grammar sub-issue, but the dropping of the apostrophe carries with it = the=20 dropping of heritage information that mnight prove to be difficult or=20 impossible to regain as time goes by. I think the Royal = Geographical=20 Society rules are in there somewhere, and once I heard that = map-readers can=20 get confused when an apostrophe might look like an isle/small = island. <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Perhaps this can all be discussed later by those of us to whom = this is=20 not trivial?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>My inclination, along with my own grammar rules (personal ones = that make=20 sense to me), for questionable place names, like Starr's Point east of = Port=20 Williams, is to put the apostrophe in whenever my guess is that one is = deserved. </DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>One case where I was wrong, and no longer use an apostrophe, is = for=20 Noggins Corner Farm-market at Greenwich.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.<BR> <DIV><BR> <DIV>Begin forwarded message:</DIV><BR = class=3DApple-interchange-newline> <BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica; = COLOR: #000000"=20 face=3DHelvetica color=3D#000000 size=3D3><B>From: </B></FONT><FONT=20 style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" face=3DHelvetica size=3D3>Andy = Moir/Chris Callaghan=20 <<A=20 = href=3D"mailto:andyandchris@ns.sympatico.ca">andyandchris@ns.sympatico.ca= </A>></FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica; = COLOR: #000000"=20 face=3DHelvetica color=3D#000000 size=3D3><B>Date: </B></FONT><FONT=20 style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" face=3DHelvetica size=3D3>July 10, = 2008 11:13:30 AM=20 ADT</FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica; = COLOR: #000000"=20 face=3DHelvetica color=3D#000000 size=3D3><B>To: </B></FONT><FONT=20 style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" face=3DHelvetica size=3D3><A=20 = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A></FONT= ></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica; = COLOR: #000000"=20 face=3DHelvetica color=3D#000000 size=3D3><B>Subject: = </B></FONT><FONT=20 style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" face=3DHelvetica size=3D3><B>Re: = [NatureNS] Peter=20 or Peters Island</B></FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica; = COLOR: #000000"=20 face=3DHelvetica color=3D#000000 size=3D3><B>Reply-To: = </B></FONT><FONT=20 style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" face=3DHelvetica size=3D3><A=20 = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A></FONT= ></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV><SPAN=20 class=3DApple-style-span=20 style=3D"WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica; TEXT-TRANSFORM: = none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; = LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; orphans: 2; widows: = 2; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0"> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thanks to those who replied. = When in=20 doubt, I always will go with the best local knowledge I can = get. It is=20 interesting, however, that some local websites refer to it as Peter = Island,=20 others Peters Island, and still others Peter's Island.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20 = size=3D2>Andy</FONT></DIV></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOT= E></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0090_01C8E2D6.4515E280--
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