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same in the UK actually. The supermarkets Tesco, Aldi and Lidl are frequently pronounced as Tescos, Aldis and Lidls.

• hi-v-rocknroll 2y ago
  Perhaps were pronouncing them as a hyphenated possession rather than a plural.
  • switch007 2y ago
    Right. Sainsbury's was the leading supermarket of most of the 20th century and probably influenced the way we refer to all of them (It's Sainsbury's because it was John Sainsbury's shop)
• twixfel 2y ago
  That is different. For example “Lidls” is actually “Lidl’s”, which is not plural and grammatically correct. Same as saying “I’m going to the doctor’s”.
• mattmanser 2y ago
  That's not the same. That's a possessive s, so it's Tesco's. As in "we're going to Tesco's" or "I'm just nipping down to Aldi's". Not Tescos or Aldis. We effectively drop the word 'store'. So it's a shortened form of "I'm nipping to the Tesco's store". The 's indicates that Tesco owns the store. We use the same phrases when going to someone's house, as in "I'm going to Sarah's" which is a shortened form of "I'm going to Sarah's house". We don't use an s in Lego, so we use Lego like Europe, not Legos. Edit: My partner just pointed out there are some exceptions (and weird ones). Asda is a store like Aldi or Tesco, but we say "I'm going to Asda". But that could be an artifact of their marketing jingles or perhaps because it is originally an abbreviation of Associated Diaries which already has an s. We also have a pharmacy chain called Boots, and it's "we going to Boots" not 'we're going to Boots' ".
  • rjh29 2y ago
    Just curious are you American? Because British people say shop, not store :)