Re: Real laws, yet funny (For Bram's, or anyone's, collection of signature quotes)

Tony wrote:

> Since March 2007, it is a real standing law in the US state of
> Arkansas (whose name is to be pronounced as "Arkansaw"), that the
> "possessive" (i.e. genitive) form of the state's name must be written
> «Arkansas's» and not «Arkansas'». (I'm using French quotes to
> emphasize the difference with the apostrophe).
>
> Reference: Arkansas Apostrophe Act, mentioned in ABC News [USA] on 6
> March 2007, see item 38 under
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophe#References

It's interesting, but I don't find it funny. Perhaps linguists
(linguists's ?) find that funny.

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