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		thfuran on May 5, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: North Yorkshire Council to phase out apostrophe us... >but this way, you're less likely to run into an issue where it takes you to Kings Landing in the wrong town because you didn't type King's Landing in the town you meant. That's pretty uncompelling. Should we also get rid of the letter s to avoid mix-ups between Kings Landing and King Landing?

TylerE on May 5, 2024 [–]

Devils advocate: the apostrophe isn’t pronounced. The s is.

thfuran on May 6, 2024 | [–]

England would have to do some serious work to get rid of all the unpronounced letters in their place names.

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