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u_rebelscum:
Nice cab. [dreams of my not-yet-started-cab="drool"] ;D
--- Quote from: ITrek on December 30, 2002, 07:54:41 pm --- :o Warning - way way off topic alert :o
Is it just a thing that we people in Michigan do or is this something nation wide. I noticed that MADK called the store "Meijers" with an s. Most people I know use this same plural on store names. Like "I bought it a KMARTs" or "Lets go to Penney's" when the names of these stores are Meijer, KMART, and JCPenney with the s on the end.
I always wondered if this was some kind of regional weirdness
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Here (west coast, USA) some stores get the 's', others don't. Lucky (not around anymore) and Penny always get the 's', KMART doesn't (locally, at least), and "J.C. Penny" sometimes does. I've wondered about this for years, and my current theorey is 's's are added to add emphasis to the last syllable for short names ending with a dropping last syllable. *shrug* Just speculating, and don't know know to pronouce "Meijer" to see if it fits my guess.
Howard_Casto:
Had to comment on this one.... I'm in WV and I find it ridiculous how OH has to have a different name for all of it's stores.... I'm not talking a "s" either......
Example Here it's "The Dollar Store" there it's "Dollar Tree" wtf? Ok even wierder... now all of the new dollar stores in this area are called Dollar Tree but if you go to OH all of newly opened Dollar Stores are Called The Dollar Store. These are the same companys as the logo looks the same.
OH does this for practically every store out there.... I just can't think of any specific examples right now as the names are totally different in most cases.
so are they insaine? What about branding? Aren't you supposed to keep a store's name nationally recognizable?
rampy:
lightly OT to the OT tip...
besides the "s" debate... which seems somewhat regional...
What about older folks putting "the" in front of chain stores, like, "I'm going to "The Walmart"" or "The Stop and Shop" or "The Target"
something that bothers me (well only a little)... its kinda subtle when reading as it seems grammatically ok... but slightly redundant... it's the difference between "going to THE store..." and "going to walmart..." and "going to TheWalmart"
*shrug* (but you knew that was coming, right?)
Rampy
enemyace:
Such a sweet cab madk! Are you getting a website up soon? Are those X-arcade joysticks and buttons? If so, how do you like them?
In regards to company names, my wife and I like to give Target a French pronunciation (Tar-jhay) and I've heard JcPenney called Jacque Penoit (Pen-waa). I had a teacher in college who liked to call Gottschalks "Got Sucks". He used to constantly referred to local towns called Crescent City as "Crescent $hitty" and Fortuna as "Fartuna". Needless to say, he was a character.
DeathMonk:
I also purchased a 27" Sansui TV at BB for my nearly completed cabinet.. Have you fired it up to see what the picture looked like when playing?
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