coffee klatch?

beenhere10years · Post by **beenhere10years** » Mon, 15 Aug 2005 7:42 pm

I just noticed that the wavy lines to the right of the words EXPATS FORUM at the upper left side of the page is actually a cup of something hot. Presumably coffee.

More importantly, shouldn't there be an apostrophe in EXPATS to indicate the forum as possessive?

briceloh · Post by **briceloh** » Mon, 15 Aug 2005 8:02 pm

beenhere10years wrote:I just noticed that the wavy lines to the right of the words EXPATS FORUM at the upper left side of the page is actually a cup of something hot. Presumably coffee.

More importantly, shouldn't there be an apostrophe in EXPATS to indicate the forum as possessive?

:

why so?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon, 15 Aug 2005 9:02 pm

beenhere10years wrote:I just noticed that the wavy lines to the right of the words EXPATS FORUM at the upper left side of the page is actually a cup of something hot. Presumably coffee.

More importantly, shouldn't there be an apostrophe in EXPATS to indicate the forum as possessive?

coffee, tea, milo, horlicks, ovaltine, hot water, hot toddy, ahhh one's imagination can run wild

EXPATS' you mean rather than EXPAT'S cos were are referring to the plural rather than the singular

briceloh · Post by **briceloh** » Mon, 15 Aug 2005 9:05 pm

oic, u mean to put it as "EXPATS' FORUM"?? pardon the stoopid boy's power of understanding. heeeee

beenhere10years · Post by **beenhere10years** » Tue, 16 Aug 2005 10:34 am

According to Cornell University's Undergraduate Writing Guide and the definitive Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr. it should be EXPATS' FORUM. Realising that most users of this Forum:

are not native english speakers

and further, don't care

Let's end this discussion right now.

Vaucluse · Post by **Vaucluse** » Tue, 16 Aug 2005 2:27 pm

Semantics, semantics - then it should be :

Kaffee Klatsch, but then who gives a toss?

beenhere10years · Post by **beenhere10years** » Tue, 16 Aug 2005 2:39 pm

V,

I think you have the best avatar on the whole damn site. It is simply impossible to take anything you say very seriously. Having said that I hope it is not a close relative...

BH10Y

Wind In My Hair · Post by **Wind In My Hair** » Tue, 16 Aug 2005 2:56 pm

without the apostrophe it would mean a forum discussing expats...cf pets forum which surely doesn't belong to the pets but is to discuss pets, similarly marriage forum etc...

so since lots of people here discuss expats and expat issues it's fine as it is.

beenhere10years · Post by **beenhere10years** » Tue, 16 Aug 2005 2:59 pm

Point taken, but I do believe it is a grammatical error.

Vaucluse · Post by **Vaucluse** » Tue, 16 Aug 2005 3:04 pm

beenhere10years wrote:V,

I think you have the best avatar on the whole damn site. It is simply impossible to take anything you say very seriously. Having said that I hope it is not a close relative...

BH10Y

Thank you, kind sir. Although I'm not sure that belittling my contributions is a reason to give thanks . . .
Let me mull it over and have a chat with my cousin Louie 'Cement Shoes' Cagliari . . .

I'll be getting back to you, and I know where you live 8) 8)

beenhere10years · Post by **beenhere10years** » Tue, 16 Aug 2005 3:17 pm

you wanna go to da mattresses wit me?

beenhere10years · Post by **beenhere10years** » Tue, 16 Aug 2005 5:57 pm

wait I can do an italian accent better than that.

yous wanna go to da mattress wid me??

Yes, that was better.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue, 16 Aug 2005 6:53 pm

eh Antonio (or Tony said in an italian noo york accent), waste him!!

beenhere10years · Post by **beenhere10years** » Tue, 16 Aug 2005 7:04 pm

leave the gun, take the cannollli

Vaucluse · Post by **Vaucluse** » Wed, 17 Aug 2005 10:43 am

Amateurs . . . . 8)

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