Craig 6995 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 23327 Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 ' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougle 3748 Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6995 Posted July 30, 2022 Author Share Posted July 30, 2022 On 30/07/2022 at 16:35, Dougle said: 's Expand 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 3748 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 23327 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 3748 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 23962 Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 On 30/07/2022 at 20:29, 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. Expand Always found it weird that supermac calls it st james park Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 23962 Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 On 30/07/2022 at 21:52, Dougle said: Look at the state of the pitch. Imagine that now. Expand looks my garden after this summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 45838 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 4671 Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 On 30/07/2022 at 22:15, Dr Gloom said: looks my garden after this summer Expand As if you don’t have astroturf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougle 3748 Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 On 30/07/2022 at 22:15, Dr Gloom said: Always found it weird that supermac calls it st james park Expand Was that not because of his missing front teeth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 3937 Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 (edited) On 30/07/2022 at 22:27, strawb said: As if you don’t have astroturf Expand 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 6995 Posted July 30, 2022 Author Share Posted July 30, 2022 On 30/07/2022 at 20:29, 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. Expand How you choose to pronounce it is irrelevant in this context. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougle 3748 Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 On 30/07/2022 at 23:05, Craig said: How you choose to pronounce it is irrelevant in this context. Expand In your subjective opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 37287 Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 Objectively, you’re Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougle 3748 Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 51213 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 7818 Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 On 30/07/2022 at 20:29, 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. Expand He's spelling it, not saying it though 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 23962 Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 On 30/07/2022 at 22:27, strawb said: As if you don’t have astroturf Expand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougle 3748 Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 (edited) On 31/07/2022 at 09:26, Kid Dynamite said: He's spelling it, not saying it though Expand 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 33649 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 37287 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 23962 Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 On 31/07/2022 at 14:27, ewerk said: Irrelevant, it’ll always be Sports Direct Arena to me. Expand the sportsdirect.com@St James' Park Stadium FTW 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6995 Posted August 1, 2022 Author Share Posted August 1, 2022 On 31/07/2022 at 14:15, 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 Expand 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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