Field Guide to Duluth Apostrophe’s
While PDD users are vigilant in reporting sightings of improper apostrophe use — what for these purposes we call the Duluth Apostrophe, or “the DA” — these reports are widely scattered over many different posts. I decided to correct the situation by aggregating all known examples of the DA, past and present, into a single post.
Here is the list, in alphabetical order, followed by the locations of each example.
50’s (Lost in the 50s awning*)
ATVer’s (sign outside Grumpy’s Tavern*)
Bath’s (Arrowhead Supply sign)
Brew’s (Sir Benedict’s Tavern on the Lake awning)
Camera’s (Bentleyville General Store sign)
Condo’s (Sign on the Wieland Block building)
Condo’s (Sign outside Riverplace Condos)
CD’s (Poster at Pizza Lucé)
Dessert’s (Sir Benedict’s Tavern on the Lake awning)
Diaper’s (Superior Walmart*)
Domestic’s (Sir Benedict’s Tavern on the Lake awning)
Entree’s (New Scenic Café menu)
Hoody’s (Bentleyville General Store sign)
House’s (Gilbert Davidson campaign literature*)
Import’s (Sir Benedict’s Tavern on the Lake awning)
Job’s (Gilbert Davidson campaign literature*)
Karpele’s (poster for concert at Karpeles Manuscript Library)
Ladie’s (RT Quinlan’s Saloon sign)
Lot’s (Gilbert Davidson campaign literature*)
Martini’s (Black Water Lounge awning)
Martini’s (GB Schneider’s Restaurant menu)
Martini’s (Pickwick Restaurant daily specials board)
Martini’s (Cloud 9 Asian Bistro drink menu)
New’s (Rex Bar)
Owl’s (Owls Club)
Quarter’s (Superior Walmart*)
Salad’s (Sir Benedict’s Tavern on the Lake awning)
Shananigan’s (Shenanigan’s Bar & Grill awning; note the word is also misspelled*)
Soup’s (Sir Benedict’s Tavern on the Lake awning)
Souvenir’s (Bentleyville General Store sign)
Tee’s (Bentleyville General Store sign)
URL’s (ShelDon Printers window sign)
* NOTE: Duluth Apostrophe sightings in Superior are included, as Duluth Apostrophe’s are frequently seen swimming across the harbor in search of new awnings.
Please post new sightings in the comments.
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about 11 years agoI've answered my own question via an ad in the copy of the "Duluth Herald" from February 1939 found in our attic.
K. Praslowicz
about 11 years agoBadCat!
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about 11 years agoPaul Lundgren
about 11 years agoPaul Lundgren
about 11 years agoThis is a photography fail on my part, with my camera taking in too much light and obscuring the details. Perhaps I'll get there in the daytime and re-shoot the offending sign, but there's just enough here to catch the blunder.
This is from the former Off the Wagon Bar in Superior (also formerly Adam's Pub, Jo D's Corner Oasis, Tin Can Alley ... and I think it was Betty Boop's before that.) According to a sign on the other side of the building it is now called Steve and Whiskey's Last Resort.
The sign above, I'm assuming, is supposed to be informing the world that there are "new owners." Instead, it reads "new owen's."
I don't know, maybe in addition to Steve and Whiskey, there is a guy named Owen involved. Otherwise we not only have a misapplied possessive apostrophe, but a missing letter and two letters reversed.
Perhaps on my next stroll of Tower Avenue I'll drop in and inquire.Paul Lundgren
about 11 years agoWe can at least give them credit for realizing the error of their ways and rapidly taking corrective measures. Two days later I swung by for a daytime shot, and found the whole thing had been painted over.
TimK
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about 11 years agoPaul Lundgren
about 11 years agoFor years and years I never noticed this one. Then Saturday it jumped out at me.
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about 11 years agoReferring back to comments from July 2013 ...
This brochure caught my peripheral vision recently and I thought at first it read: "Get women."
Now that would be an interesting marketing approach for Glensheen.K. Praslowicz
about 11 years agoPaul Lundgren
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