Date: Thu, 12 May 1994 10:08:47 -0500

From: mftcf[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UXA.ECN.BGU.EDU

Subject: Re: genitive in names of businesses



In central Illinois, when business have singular name there is a

tendency to render the name in the genitive. Hence:

Eagle Supermarket ------- Eagle's

John Deere & Co. ------- Deere's



It doesnt seem remarkable when the business ends in a name to bewgin

with, e.g. Kroger--- Kroger's. But "Eagle's" -- wel, its not the

eagle's business.



ZIs this everywhere, or is a regionalism?



Tim