Whatever happened to that antiquated style of the possessive that companies (and subsequently people) once used? Woolworth’s, Chasen’s, Disney’s. We just don’t do this anymore, and when old people refer to something with the possessive, like Duane Reade’s, it sounds oppressively out of touch. Our culture is changing everyday!

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   I think that’s because nobody goes to JC Penny.

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   “Walmart’s”...head; likewise “heighth” (as in, “width

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   Walgreens is just “Walgreens,” but every time I go pick up a prescription, I see a sign next to the pharmacy area that...

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   New England. Shaw’s beats us...the punch, but Victory Supermarket ALWAYS became...

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10. slutsky reblogged this from seanfennessey and added:

    Montreal has its own language-law-derived variation on this, where possessive-named...get...

11. brendanmc reblogged this from doree and added:

    It used to grate on my nerves whenever someone in LA would refer to Lucky supermarkets (they married Albertson’s) as...

12. donotfind reblogged this from doree and added:

    Chicagoans still do this. We add “the” and a possessive to retail establishments… where there are none. Example: “the...

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16. doree reblogged this from seanfennessey and added:

    Related: calling a retail establishment “the [something].” When I lived in South Philly

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