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well, maybe it refers to more than one Lucy?

Maybe the apostrophe's rubbed off?

It would have the apostrophe in a different place then!

Can you put the apostrophe in, without a total repaint?

...or maybe the word 'lucys' refers to something else entirely...could you not just add an apostrophe?

Maybe it used to belong to a couple called Lucy and Cyril Smith.

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I would paint it in immediately! Get a small tin of black Japlac or even just a marker pen. Soooo satisfying.

thisis yesterday - then it should be Lucys' Cottage.

You need to get a black permanent marker and a ladder. There's no doubt about it. You also need to determine whether it is in fact a cottage. If not, change cottage to house (I'm sure you could do that without anyone noticing), lob in the apostrophe and we will all sleep easier.

The letters are too close together to add an apostrophe. I did think that the "Lucys" might meant something different and not be a possessive, but I doubt it. I'm considering joining the local history society and finding out a little bit more about the history of the cottage before doing anything drastic to the sign. Also, we're renting. I'm not sure if our landlord will appreciate us changing his sign.

PMSL Hassled. The sign on my street says St Wilfrids Road. Really bugs me.

Hassled. Please can you enlighten me and explain the difference between a house and a cottage? I've always wondered this, but I haven't met anyone yet who could explain the difference to me.

yes, you are all right of course it's far too early for me.

cot·tage (kät&#8242;ij)

noun

1. a small, usually one-storied house, often one that is the dwelling of a peasant or a farm laborer
2. a house at a resort or in the country, used for vacations or as a summer home
3. any of several separate dwelling units, as of an institution or camp, in which residents are housed in small groups

So if it's not one storey OR in the country and used for holidays OR part of a camp/institution (WTF?), then it's not a cottage. HTH

Hassled, is cottage also in dictionary as a verb?

There you go BC. Are you a peasant?

Aaargh, now I need to change both the apostrophe and the word Cottage! It's got 2 stories, it is in the country, but we are not on holiday, nor living in a camp/institution . <sigh> That's just too much to go unnoticed. I think I'll just have to avert my eyes or only come in via the back door

You could rename it 'Peasants Corner'

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apostrophe

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Oh no. I meant to have the "nor" in italics to. My previous post is just not right without that. Oh, I think I'll better got now before I make any more typos. Also I suppose my crying baby is slightly more important than a wrong sign

Lack of spacing wouldn't bother me. I'd just perch the apostrophe above the y and the as as centrally as possible.

Renting schmenting. Will the landlord really notice/mind/hammer down the door shrieking "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY INACCURATE SIGN!!!???" Nah. Even if he did you could claim it wasn't you but some passing guerilla pedants (hide the marker and ladder obviously)

I meant s not as. Obligatory pedants' corner thread error there.

Cottages can definitely have two storeys. Yes they usually have just one but two is not that odd.

Has nobody mentioned frottage yet?

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If you change the sign to "Frottage Cottage", then I guess the landlord might notice.

Lol LadyoftheBathtub. I've often dreamed of being a guerilla pedant. Especially to right all the wrong apostrophes out there. There are just too many of them!

I presume you'd expect a cottage to have low ceilings though, so I think this really should be a house as the ceilings are really high. Higher than in my old 50's semi.

be careful of guerilla pedantry

And, look, one of us!!