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Two Half's

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twosofar · 24/07/2008 08:30

I know there are loads of threads on errant apostrophes but I have just driven past a pub called The Two Half's. I feel utterly depressed. I thought I'd seen it all when I used to live near a road with a cafe that served 'breakfast's and lunche's' but this must be the registered name of a business. It makes me want to cry!

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theinsider · 24/07/2008 15:21

Wrong wrong wrong. Apostrophes, "halfs" not "halves".

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BarcodeZebra · 29/07/2008 23:15

There should be a law....

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MsHighwater · 29/07/2008 23:21

Actually I will speak up for "artistic licence" on the spelling, if not the apostrophe. A half is a half (or perhaps a "hauf" when it's the same as a dram or a nip. To use "halves" for the plural wouldn't seem right.

But it shouldn't have had an apostrophe.

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Botbot · 30/07/2008 22:16

I know that pub. I would never go in it, and not just because it looks like a rough old dive. There is NO WAY I could drink in a misspelt establishment.

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Botbot · 30/07/2008 22:16

I know that pub. I would never go in it, and not just because it looks like a rough old dive. There is NO WAY I could drink in a misspelt establishment.

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harpomarx · 30/07/2008 22:21

seems the locals agree with you, botbot - reckon the last comment was put there by the landlord though!

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Botbot · 31/07/2008 08:55

Ha ha. It's got a Chinese food counter? A WHAT? I might have to go in now.

[Let's see if I can post this just the once this time.]

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harpomarx · 31/07/2008 10:05

I do like a pub with an unexpected feature, botbot.

Fond memories of pub in Archway (Archway Tavern maybe?) that had a Western Union window.

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