[Twinnshock]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-45499594

What I want to know is how can a council make a decision like this without consulting the flyer forum?

Stuart

[TopCat]

They didn't check with me, either, but that's excellent new's.

[JoeC]

A debate on ward names lasted 90 minutes, and included grammatical input from a Cornish history expert.

No point. Only a 90 minute argument. We need weeks and weeks. Plus they had an expert which never goes down well here.

[avtur3]

The first line of the article states ...

Cornwall Council has voted to add an official apostrophe to "Land's End".

Dare I ask the difference between an official apostrophe and an unofficial one ?

[Boxkite]

The first line of the article states ...

Cornwall Council has voted to add an official apostrophe to "Land's End".

That would make it Land''s End

[Flying_john]

So is it an end that belongs to the land or is there something missing - more land perhaps.

[Highland Park]

The first line of the article states ...

Cornwall Council has voted to add an official apostrophe to "Land's End".

That would make it Land''s End

Or possibly Land’s’ End....?

[Bill Haddow]

Dare I ask the difference between an official apostrophe and an unofficial one ?

You haven't read the line (from a recently discovered Rupert Brooke poem) "An English unofficial apostrophe" ?

From the Beeb report:-

"The vote to officially add the apostrophe " Aaaaarghhh!!!!

and their statement "Land's End is the most westerly point in England " will surprise most, and perhaps delight many, Scilly Islanders.

Bill H