Listening to SFA 'cos the wife's out and I wouldn't hear the (/% postie.
Quote from: rogerzilla on 01 December, 2013, 01:34:32 pmBilly Bragg - Levi Stubbs' Tears(why is it Levi Stubbs' Tears but Bridget Jones's Diary?)Because the former is wrong, in my opinion!
Billy Bragg - Levi Stubbs' Tears(why is it Levi Stubbs' Tears but Bridget Jones's Diary?)
Quote from: Peter on 02 December, 2013, 10:48:50 amQuote from: rogerzilla on 01 December, 2013, 01:34:32 pmBilly Bragg - Levi Stubbs' Tears(why is it Levi Stubbs' Tears but Bridget Jones's Diary?)Because the former is wrong, in my opinion!Oxford style is to write the S if you would pronounce it with the S, so both are "correct" if you regard Oxford as the arbiter. I would normally add the S in both cases. However, it would sound ugly and ruin a beautiful song if Billy Bragg sang "Stubbses", so I'm happy for him to go against the citoyen style guide on this one. Especially as it really is a sublime song.
Delving into the box of LP's it's been the Modern Jazz Quartet and is now Marillion. "Script For A Jesters Tear" all of a sudden I'm 18 again....