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Bad news, folks: the erudite hackers have added an apostrophe to Harrod's logo

by ThrownOffGame 1y ago

HPsquared 1y ago
For some reason the "no apostrophe" thing is common in UK company names.
- fredoralive 1y ago
  The greengrocer’s have taken the entirety of the British High Streets apostrophe supply.
  - marcosscriven 1y ago
    6 orange’s for just £3!
    - FearNotDaniel 1y ago
      > just £3 Which is of course pronounced: JAST FREE PAAAAAARND
      - celticninja 1y ago
        I think you will find that is JAST FREE PHAAAAAND
      - teddyh 1y ago
        Morny stannit!
  - fsckboy 1y ago
    we've used ours on cocktail's for happy hour
- Angostura 1y ago
  https://londonist.com/2016/10/londons-dropped-apostrophes https://londonist.com/2016/10/londons-dropped-apostrophes
  - HPsquared 1y ago
    Happy accident there with the URL.
    - ThrownOffGame 1y ago
      [dead]
- SilasX 1y ago
  Interestingly, it's common in the Midwest to add "'s" where it doesn't exist when referring to a brand e.g. calling Costco "Costco's". https://styleblueprint.com/everyday/why-do-people-add-s-to-the-end-of-words/ https://styleblueprint.com/everyday/why-do-people-add-s-to-t...
  - Apfel 1y ago
    Similarly common in the UK, or at least where I am (Glasgow, Scotland). Completely normal to say "Tesco's", "Aldi's" etc.
    - dboreham 1y ago
      Marks and Spencers. Wait..make that "Markses". Some companies decided to embrace the pattern: Goldberg became Goldbergs, Morrisons, Dobbies...
  - oniony 1y ago
    It's because shops were traditionally named after the people who owned them. There are still loads of shops bearing people's names, even now. "Sainsbury's" supermarket used to be "J. Sainsbury's" named after its founder John Sainsbury, &c. "Morrisons" was "Wm Morrison" founded by William Morrison. So when you refer to a shop you say Sainbury's as in [Mr.] Sainsbury's shop, or "Morrison's" as in Mr. Morrison's shop. Then this becomes so ingrained it gets misapplied sometimes. I don't think I'd ever say Asda's though. But I would say Tesco's, even though Tesco is the initials of three people. Surely this is the same worldwide?
    - celticninja 1y ago
      As mentioned above, in Liverpool, Asda becomes Asdas. Whether it has an apostrophe or not I don't know.
  - celticninja 1y ago
    Same in Liverpool, it's an Aldis or Asdas, neither of which have an S
- nashashmi 1y ago
  It is this grammatical "mistakes" that make it so obvious a scam is a scam. I often raised my eyebrows at phishing messages and wondered if they knew grammar, but then realized in Nigeria this is their most appropriate grammatical structure and language begins with "Dear Sir..."

Bad news, folks: the erudite hackers have added an apostrophe to Harrod's logo

HPsquared 1y ago

For some reason the "no apostrophe" thing is common in UK company names.

fredoralive 1y ago
The greengrocer’s have taken the entirety of the British High Streets apostrophe supply.
- marcosscriven 1y ago
  6 orange’s for just £3!
  - FearNotDaniel 1y ago
    > just £3 Which is of course pronounced: JAST FREE PAAAAAARND
    - celticninja 1y ago
      I think you will find that is JAST FREE PHAAAAAND
    - teddyh 1y ago
      Morny stannit!
- fsckboy 1y ago
  we've used ours on cocktail's for happy hour
Angostura 1y ago
https://londonist.com/2016/10/londons-dropped-apostrophes https://londonist.com/2016/10/londons-dropped-apostrophes
- HPsquared 1y ago
  Happy accident there with the URL.
  - ThrownOffGame 1y ago
    [dead]
SilasX 1y ago
Interestingly, it's common in the Midwest to add "'s" where it doesn't exist when referring to a brand e.g. calling Costco "Costco's". https://styleblueprint.com/everyday/why-do-people-add-s-to-the-end-of-words/ https://styleblueprint.com/everyday/why-do-people-add-s-to-t...
- Apfel 1y ago
  Similarly common in the UK, or at least where I am (Glasgow, Scotland). Completely normal to say "Tesco's", "Aldi's" etc.
  - dboreham 1y ago
    Marks and Spencers. Wait..make that "Markses". Some companies decided to embrace the pattern: Goldberg became Goldbergs, Morrisons, Dobbies...
- oniony 1y ago
  It's because shops were traditionally named after the people who owned them. There are still loads of shops bearing people's names, even now. "Sainsbury's" supermarket used to be "J. Sainsbury's" named after its founder John Sainsbury, &c. "Morrisons" was "Wm Morrison" founded by William Morrison. So when you refer to a shop you say Sainbury's as in [Mr.] Sainsbury's shop, or "Morrison's" as in Mr. Morrison's shop. Then this becomes so ingrained it gets misapplied sometimes. I don't think I'd ever say Asda's though. But I would say Tesco's, even though Tesco is the initials of three people. Surely this is the same worldwide?
  - celticninja 1y ago
    As mentioned above, in Liverpool, Asda becomes Asdas. Whether it has an apostrophe or not I don't know.
- celticninja 1y ago
  Same in Liverpool, it's an Aldis or Asdas, neither of which have an S
nashashmi 1y ago
It is this grammatical "mistakes" that make it so obvious a scam is a scam. I often raised my eyebrows at phishing messages and wondered if they knew grammar, but then realized in Nigeria this is their most appropriate grammatical structure and language begins with "Dear Sir..."