Craig 6682 Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 (edited) Rail seating has been installed in the away end. Edited July 30, 2022 by Craig 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 20110 Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 ' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougle 3329 Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6682 Posted July 30, 2022 Author Share Posted July 30, 2022 3 hours ago, Dougle said: 's I wasn’t referring to the Royal Park in London. Wykiki on the other hand is correct. Duly amended. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougle 3329 Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 So when you say the name you don't pronounce the grammatically ambiguous second s at the end then? If that’s the case mate you are in a very tiny minority. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 20110 Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 Love this thread already. I love football grounds and the history of football grounds. I have the pleasure of knowning the engineers who worked on the structure of the leazes cantilever. He won an award in the institute of structural engineer for it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougle 3329 Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 Look at the state of the pitch. Imagine that now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21911 Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 1 hour ago, Dougle said: So when you say the name you don't pronounce the grammatically ambiguous second s at the end then? If that’s the case mate you are in a very tiny minority. Always found it weird that supermac calls it st james park Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21911 Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 23 minutes ago, Dougle said: Look at the state of the pitch. Imagine that now. looks my garden after this summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 42356 Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 The old West Stand being demolished in 1987 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strawb 4247 Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 11 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said: looks my garden after this summer As if you don’t have astroturf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougle 3329 Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 33 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said: Always found it weird that supermac calls it st james park Was that not because of his missing front teeth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 3355 Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 (edited) 30 minutes ago, strawb said: As if you don’t have astroturf Hoverboard would probably melt it if he did. Before the FCB plastered the place with the hoardings he never got round to paying for. Edited July 30, 2022 by sammynb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6682 Posted July 30, 2022 Author Share Posted July 30, 2022 2 hours ago, Dougle said: So when you say the name you don't pronounce the grammatically ambiguous second s at the end then? If that’s the case mate you are in a very tiny minority. How you choose to pronounce it is irrelevant in this context. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougle 3329 Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 39 minutes ago, Craig said: How you choose to pronounce it is irrelevant in this context. In your subjective opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35056 Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 Objectively, you’re Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougle 3329 Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44794 Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 How do we feel about St Jameses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7025 Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 12 hours ago, Dougle said: So when you say the name you don't pronounce the grammatically ambiguous second s at the end then? If that’s the case mate you are in a very tiny minority. He's spelling it, not saying it though 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21911 Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 11 hours ago, strawb said: As if you don’t have astroturf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougle 3329 Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, Kid Dynamite said: He's spelling it, not saying it though Well if he’s saying it with a second s on the end then to spelling without surely means one must be incorrect? Anyhow it seems we are both correct. From the BBC: It seems there is no definitive answer to the debate, as Dr Alan Firth, senior lecturer in applied linguistics at Newcastle University, told BBC Radio Newcastle. "We would say that the apostrophe needs to be there because it's the park of St James. But there's variability," he said. "It's optional whether you have s apostrophe or s apostrophe s. You can choose either and both are correct." https://www.bbc.co.uk/tyne/content/articles/2008/05/30/st_james_apostrophe_feature.shtml Edited July 31, 2022 by Dougle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30535 Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 Irrelevant, it’ll always be Sports Direct Arena to me. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35056 Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 (edited) Both versions are grammatically correct (which I don’t think was being disputed), but only one spelling applies to the place Newcastle play football, which is only being disputed by Dougle, I think Edited July 31, 2022 by Alex 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21911 Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 1 hour ago, ewerk said: Irrelevant, it’ll always be Sports Direct Arena to me. the sportsdirect.com@St James' Park Stadium FTW 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6682 Posted August 1, 2022 Author Share Posted August 1, 2022 17 hours ago, Dougle said: Well if he’s saying it with a second s on the end then to spelling without surely means one must be incorrect? Anyhow it seems we are both correct. From the BBC: It seems there is no definitive answer to the debate, as Dr Alan Firth, senior lecturer in applied linguistics at Newcastle University, told BBC Radio Newcastle. "We would say that the apostrophe needs to be there because it's the park of St James. But there's variability," he said. "It's optional whether you have s apostrophe or s apostrophe s. You can choose either and both are correct." https://www.bbc.co.uk/tyne/content/articles/2008/05/30/st_james_apostrophe_feature.shtml I prefer to use actual evidence rather than the subjective views of a lecturer. There is no 'second' S 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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