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Coffee of Starbuck

Thursday, 2006 August 3 11:37 PM MDT — Arvada, Colorado UNITED STATES

Okay, we went and hung out with each other tonight. We went to a coffee shop and then to a park, but Peter left his car at the coffee shop. As I dropped him off at his car, we had a little chit-chat before we parted ways. I made the observation that there was no apostrophe on the sign of the coffee shop: “Starbucks Coffee”. That surprised me. Shouldn't there be an apostrophe there denoting possession because it belongs to some guy Starbuck or Starbucks (I never read Moby Dick.)? Whatever his name is, there should be an apostrophe either before or after the S. It's the same case with Pikes Peak. It should be called Pike's Peak with an apostrophe because it was Pike's peak, the peak of Pike. However, dumb USGS rules won't allow for apostrophes in names of mountains. What's next: no ks or ws?

Quote to ponder: “What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?” — Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Currently listening to…
Can You Hear Us?
By David Crowder Band
Released on Tuesday, 2002 February 26.

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