Date:  Sat, 7 Jan 1995 12:37:07 -0600

From:  Dennis Baron <baron[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UX1.CSO.UIUC.EDU>

Subject: Re: Euphonizing (?) proper names



It's Tar-zhay here too, though always ironically.

I wonder why we haven't followed the French in naming the new

big versions of discount stores hypermarche's. I hear them

called Super Target, Super K-Mart. Are those corporate

designations, btw?

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