Coman Posted November 20, 2012 Author Share Posted November 20, 2012 Huguenot Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> I can't work out a way in which both approaches> could be simultaneously grammatically correct?> > If her name was Julia Know, then the apostrophe> would work, but the lack of one would not.> > However I suspect it's just an imperfect> conjugation of the verb 'to know' for the third> person singular.> > If it was a sales and marketing strategy it was a> poor one, since the deliberate error would only> appeal to grammar pedants whose obsession with> words suggests that like me they're no oil> painting.The verb know is conjugated knows only in the third person. Know's is a contraction of know is, and the shop title is an extract from a sentence. I chose the second person, since the second person singular and second person plural are both you. In the second person, the interruption of the sentence with Julia for clarification purposes, is arguably most authentic.Say, in this beauty contest, Julia has been appointed judge and a journalist calling to question her verdict, asks, "Is this a quality that you know is beauty, Julia?"Or to re-phase, "Is this a quality that you, Julia know's beauty"Huguenot, her name can't be Julia Know. Referring back to the shop sign, the second word is not capitalised.I don't have enough information to respond to the speculation on store's marketing, and I would like to retract my comment about the deliberate misspelling. I only wish to comment on the grammatical aspect of the shop name.I hope this helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salsaboy Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 There is a kebab shop in Shirley (near Croydon) called Abra Kebabra. Always make me laugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gingerbeer Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 I giggle every time I pass the salon Curl Up and Dry in New Cross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huguenot Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Interesting one Coman.It's putting a verbal contraction down on paper, as in "everything I know is stupid, everything I do is inspired" becoming "everything I know's stupid, everything I do's inspired"I can't find any affirmation online that such a written contraction actually exists or is documented in practice.It certainly feels clumsy, and doesn't help comprehension unless you say it out loud - a bit like Irvine Welsh. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baglady Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 the cod father in deptford a fish shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnomarkily Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 Hi,I know if she is very interesting and looks beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alec John Moore Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Just next door to Meat N Meat in the E&C shopping centre is Cash 22, a pawnbroker. Not sure they've understood the meaning of Catch 22 - or maybe they do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellieaness Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 There's (or was judging by this article) a sex shop in Kings Cross called Pirate Shop, I guess they mixed the R and the I. Still, I liked to imagine it sold pieces of eight and dark rum. https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=pirate+shop+kings+cross&hl=en&client=safari&tbo=d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=qfvCUIHrGoXV0QWrsYHQBQ&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1024&bih=672#biv=i|0;d|0wJPXMPh3GaC2M: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkymadam Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Didnt there used to be a shop somewhere ED/Peckham boarder called Henry (or Harry) B*stard in the 80s? I think it was a junk shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnomarkily Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Great comment,I think it was a junk shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgley Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 The best I have seen is a black barber shop, in Canada saying ?we maybe nappy but we make it snappy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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