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Perhaps tpatke knows that using the term GS would be much harder to parse for folk that have not worked there. I work for FWE, by the way.
by elektromekatron 11y ago
Perhaps tpatke knows that using the term GS would be much harder to parse for folk that have not worked there. I work for FWE, by the way.
- acqq 11y agoI can imagine that, still, how come "Goldman's" with the 's? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldman_Sachs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldman_Sachs It isn't: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald%27s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald%27s
- scrumper 11y agoLikely British usage. We pluralize company names in many cases: Goldmans, Tescos, etc, and refer to them plurally (so, "Goldmans are seeking to ruin Sergey" vs. "Goldman is seeking..."). Apostrophe is probably wrong :)
- acqq 11y agoSo would a Briton say "I used to work at Goldmans" if the company is called Goldman Sachs?
- scrumper 11y agoYes, exactly. Same with Lehmans, Merrills, etc. Mostly companies named after people.
- pests 11y agoIn southeast Michigan its also standard for people to append an `s` to the end of most stores. Kroger -> Krogers Meijer -> Meijers etc. I never noticed it until I went on a linguistics bender on Wikipedia where it was noted.