This sign is no doubt gracing every one of Costa’s 1755 coffee shops in the UK.
I’ve shown this picture to quite a few of my friends and relatives, and a minority so far have spotted the reason I took it.
The Festive Season is upon us
November 14, 2014 | 14 Comments
November 18, 2014 at 7:16 pm
its unbelievable that the company has this sign on all it’s stores …. 😉
November 19, 2014 at 12:16 am
Aha! A baristas’ apostrophe!
November 24, 2014 at 1:13 pm
Of course the apostrophe is too late but I’m mystified by the Maidment spelling and the connection its comment appears to have with barristers.
November 24, 2014 at 7:39 pm
Jack,
a barista /bəˈrɪstə/ is a naff term for the person who makes coffee with one of those infernally noisy machines in coffee bars.
November 24, 2014 at 11:59 pm
Jack,
Or maybe you were pulling our leg’s.
November 25, 2014 at 3:09 am
I think it’s fair to assume that JWL knows what a barista is, but the spelling “baristas’ apostrophe” is still a mystery. Ah well, apostrophes are always a no men’s land. ;-]
November 25, 2014 at 8:46 am
Harry,
The baristas’ apostrophe was my variation on the well-known “greengrocer’s apostrophe”. Or maybe it isn’t that well-known.
November 25, 2014 at 4:27 pm
John M – I’ve always thought of it as pronounced /bÉ‘ËˈrɪstÉ™/, but I’ve never heard it said. I see that John Wells (LPD) gives both.
November 25, 2014 at 7:23 pm
I’ve never heard “barista” with anything but FLEECE out here in the US.
November 28, 2014 at 12:21 pm
I patronised a Costa’s coffee shop yesterday. There was no sign of the apostrophetically challenged poster. Maybe somebody has realised the error of their way’s.
November 28, 2014 at 6:24 pm
The one I usually go to has’nt quite hidden it away, but it is’nt as prominent as it was two week’s ago.
November 28, 2014 at 9:46 pm
wha’t fun wer’e havin’ with the ol’ apostrophes’ 🙂
November 29, 2014 at 10:37 am
I think the ‘best’ genuinely greengrocer’s apostrophes I’ve ever seen were at a shop selling “seedle’ss grapes” and “smokele’ss fuel”.
December 7, 2014 at 1:10 pm
I see that now you can buy a tee shirt with the logo of The Apostrophe Protection Society.