RE: [Leica] How not to spell "Hers"

["Tim Atherton" <tim@KairosPhoto.com>]

Johnny is probably one of those lucky people who had to do Anglo-Saxon as
part of his English degree..?

Once, I had a young 2nd Lieutenant who was on attachment while doing his
degree in Anglo-Saxon. Whilst on manoeuvres in the UK he was quite useful.
Whilst looking at the map to plan moving our Infantry company he would make
comment like - "hmmm we should consider another route there - the name of
that piece of ground comes from the Old English meaning swamp or boggy
ground" or "it doesn't seem to marked on the map, but that farm name means
nestled under a small cliff"  ... so it is useful for something  :)

Tim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of MEBérubé
> Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 4:02 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] How not to spell "Hers"
>
>
> Ah. So I should have listened to me father when he said:
> "Boy, tis better to be thought a fool than open your mouth and remove all
> doubt."
> <sigh>
> Thank you Johnny, I'll call the University and demand my money back.
> :)
> Michael
>
> At 05:21 PM 1/29/01 -0500, Johnny Deadman Corrected:
> >You're (only kidding) example above is wrong. The apostrophe in
> "her's" is a
> >mistake. It all has to do with the cases in Anglo Saxon. But too
> boring to
> >go into here. All you have to remember is that he, she and it don't use
> >apostrophes to indicate possession. The only "it's" that is
> correct is the
> >one that's short for "it is".
>