Language Pet Peeves I

Have you read Bing lately? I like Bing. He sees himself sometimes as sort of a grammar-cop or language-trooper, as it were. One of his favorite topics seems to be scary trends in the world of grammar.
Now, maybe grammar isn’t one of your favorite topics, but Bing can really get into it.

Like I said, I like Bing. I can relate to his troubles. I have language pet peeves too.

One of my absolute favorites goes like this: (sign in a shop window) Closed on Sunday’s. Here’s another one (in case the first looked okay to you):  (another sign) Dog’s not allowed.

Does this bother you at all? It makes me go nuts.

Okay, okay,  I can hear what you’re thinking - Austria is a German speaking country. What can you expect. These people are not native English speakers.
True enough. But consider  this - I didn’t see these signs here (I admit, the closed on Sunday sign smacks of Austria, but the dogs not allowed sign,  never.) I saw these signs in the USA.

What’s with you guys?  Hey, my grammar isn’t perfect either, but this is definitely not a Good Thing.

The real problem is that this apostrophe-trend quickly crossed the ocean and set up house-keeping here, where people still nap after lunch and cows have purple spots.

Now everybody’s into it. We have ponie’s at the barn, they sell hotdog’s down at the Würstlstand and Corona’s at the bar down on shoe-shop road.
It’s an epidemic. And I’m scared.

Of course, I really shouldn’t complain. This trend helps keep me and my horses in oats.

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