Speaking of grammar...

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<p>“Randolph-Macon Woman’s College”</p>

<p>This is no joke. That is how its letterhead reads!!!</p>

<p>I once saw a sign on a building in Maine that said: “Woman’s Club”, and I passed it off as local ignorance, but THIS is from a college!!!</p>

<p>Am I missing something here?</p>

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<p>Isn’t that the one that recently announced that it is going co-ed?</p>

<p>Perhaps the Woman in charge there (the university president) has taken it a bit far making it her personal college? LOL</p>

<p>Or, perhaps all of the women except one will leave as a result, leaving one remaining woman her own college? LOL</p>

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<p>I belonged to the Woman’s Club of Evanston.</p>

<p>There is a Winnetka Woman’s Club and Minneapolis Woman’s Club
and there was a Chicago Woman’s Club.</p>

<p>I had it explained to me many years ago why it was okay to say woman’s and not women’s. </p>

<p>I think that it has to do with the fact that most of these were started in the 1800’s and that the grammar was appropriate at that time. Just can’t remember why.</p>

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<p>goliedad - That is funny.</p>

<p>Interesting, meredesfilles, maybe it had something to do the sayings of the time, like “A woman’s place is in the kitchen.”</p>

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<p>meredesfilles, it most likely was correct at some point as language usage and spellings/pronunciations change over time. Like in middle English the “k” and “gh” were both pronounced in “knight”</p>

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<p>^and anyone who watches Monty Python and the Holy Grail knows that!</p>

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<p>You won’t have to worry about it much longer. As of now, RMWC is accepting applications from males for next year. But then won’t it be Randolph-Macon College (Lynchburg, VA), to definitely be confused with Randolph-Macon College (Ashland, VA)???</p>

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<p>Daffy English KA-NIG-IT!</p>

<p>NI!</p>

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<p>NI!! + 10 characters</p>