For regulars down at Tonbridge Juddians rugby club this sort of figure on the scoreboard has become rather a familiar sight. The game finished nearer to fifty points but I left their Kent Cup semi final game against Blackheath with a few minutes to go. I very much enjoyed my Saturday afternoon treat of a pint of Larkins Ale also. Looking forward to next season when the TJs will be facing some really quite stiff opposition in the national league. I may even stay to the end of those matches....
PS. Just a small nit picky point to the person responsible for the scoreboard though. Should there be an apostrophe before the S of TJs or not? Opinions are divided on the correct use of the apostrophe but, in this case, there seems no justification for it. It doesn't refer to the TJs belonging to anyone or anything; neither has there been a word or letter missed. Actually there has, if you count the rest of the word 'uddians after the J, but I doubt whether that is the reason it's been used and in any case that would mean that there should also be one after the T in place of the 'onbridge. (That apostrophe in the word it's, by the way, was used correctly to replace the ha' in the word has.) That's enough on correct use of English grammar; let's (let us) have another pint of Larkins! Or should that be Larkin's?!
PS. Just a small nit picky point to the person responsible for the scoreboard though. Should there be an apostrophe before the S of TJs or not? Opinions are divided on the correct use of the apostrophe but, in this case, there seems no justification for it. It doesn't refer to the TJs belonging to anyone or anything; neither has there been a word or letter missed. Actually there has, if you count the rest of the word 'uddians after the J, but I doubt whether that is the reason it's been used and in any case that would mean that there should also be one after the T in place of the 'onbridge. (That apostrophe in the word it's, by the way, was used correctly to replace the ha' in the word has.) That's enough on correct use of English grammar; let's (let us) have another pint of Larkins! Or should that be Larkin's?!
3 comments:
I agree about the next league. Since TJs started paying so many professionals to play for them, it has made many games rather lopsided.
Hopefully there will actually be some players who are actually from Tonbridge still in the 1st XV next season.
Correctly, I believe the notice should have read TJ, since the name of the club is Tonbridge Juddians. No apostrohe needed. Given your own appalling spelling Mr Books, I find the words kettle, pot and black spring to mind.
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