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I'm actually OK with Baja Blasts, but not so much with "Taco Bells"... Tacos Bell? (keep in mind that Bell is a proper noun, the name of the company's founder,
by listenallyall 2y ago
I'm actually OK with Baja Blasts, but not so much with "Taco Bells"... Tacos Bell? (keep in mind that Bell is a proper noun, the name of the company's founder, of which there is only one)
“I don’t want to get anybody in trouble, but the gentlemen I purchased it from renovates Taco Bells”
- toast0 2y agoCrunchwraps Supreme is clearly the plural.
- TeMPOraL 2y agoWhy? Those two are the same to my ESL sensibilities: one Taco Bell, two Taco Bells; one Mountain Dew, two Mountain Dews. "Bell" may be a name of a specific person, but that's arguably subsumed by the "Taco Bell" being the name of a company. That may be a proper name in context[0] of all local companies, but once you use it to refer to restaurants - as in, "Taco Bell restaurant" with "restaurant" implied, then why wouldn't plural be "Taco Bells"? One ${opaque name}, two ${opaque name}s, etc. Same with Mountain Dew - one Mountain Dew[ drink], two Mountain Dew[ drink]s... EDIT: The answer here seems to agree with my thinking: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/190023/why-are-names-considered-proper-nouns https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/190023/why-are-n.... -- [0] - There are no truly unique names; there are only names referring to a specific entity in the context they're being used in.
- mauvia 2y agoIt can't be tacos bell because Taco Bell is the name of the restaurant, Tacos Bell would be Tacos of Bell, not the same meaning.
- chuckadams 2y agoAs opposed to Taco’s Bell, which would be the Bell of Taco.
- resolutebat 2y agoThere's "Bells Line of Road" in Sydney, which goes to a town called Bell. Why it's a "Line of Road" instead of just a "Road" or a "Line" remains a mystery. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bells_Line_of_Road https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bells_Line_of_Road