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Be helpful if SLS was spelled out. Somali Liberation Society?

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Try reading the post and applying the grey matter.

MBQ

Try reading the post and applying the grey matter.

MBQ

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Your post contained no humour.

MBQ

I agree, plus he cannot be very clever. Its obvious from the website that they are the Stephensons Loco something - that last S has me foxed.

Cheers, Simon

It stands for Society.

Never!

It's very formal

Actually the "Stephenson" bit is singular, even though there were several Stephensons involved with the loco! Perhaps for we pedants it should be: "Stephensons' Locomotives' Society. (The society relating to the locomotives of the Stepensons)

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Careful pedants would have the close " as well :-)

But I wonder if "Stephensons' Locomotives Society" would be better - but only did latin for 1 year and got grade 6 in 'O' level english.

On 01/12/2010 16:03, simon wrote: [...]

That would mean it was founded by/overseen by/etc the Stephensons. But it's a club of Stephenson Locomotive fanciers.

There should be no apostrophe at all.

wolf k.

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There is that - I actually failed Pedantry for my UE exam - they didn't approve of my use of the term Pedantricality".

No, it definitely requires the second apostrophy as the society is more about the locomotives belonging to the Stephenson stable than about the Stephensons themselves.

I'll call "Pax" here as the news-group is about models.rail. Is there an apostrophy discussion group we could move the discussion to?

Try alt.language.english, but be warned: there are some very nasty trolls among the self-appointed language experts. I've not subscribed to a .language group in three years or more.

wolf k.

Your post contained no humour.

MBQ

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Historically, it's an organisation devoted to the study and appreciation of locomotives - not just those built by the Stephensons and their successor companies. The original logo of the society showed the LB&SC Stroudley locomotive "Stephenson", and IIRC one of the things which prompted the founding of the society was the withdrawl of the last Brighton single-driver locomotives ("Stephenson" may actually have been the last..) - so there's a possibility, at least, that the society was originally named for the "Stephenson" locomotive..

Any early members about who can resolve this puzzle for us trivia lovers?

Wolf K.

The SLS was founded in 1909, so original members are likely to be thin on the ground. I bet there's a society history been published, though.

Youre on your own' - Ive had' my fun :-)