[geeks] Laptop Help

Mike Meredith mike at blackhairy.demon.co.uk
Sat Dec 20 03:24:55 CST 2003


On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 15:07:34 +0200 (IST), Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
> BTW, Bobbies is not correct, it should be Bobby's as in the possive
> collective. It's from Sir Robert (Booby) Peale also was Pealer, or
> Pealer's.;

Er ... no. Whilst you're probably right in saying we should be writing
"bobbys" (or "bobby's"), we don't ... we write "bobbies". And in the end
(particularly for slang) what is used, is the correct usage.



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