End of ADS-L Digest - 8 May 1994 to 12 May 1994

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There are 11 messages totalling 226 lines in this issue.



Topics of the day:



 1. genitive in names of businesses (7)

 2. peckerwood (2)

 3. The text asnd beyond.

 4. soda pop



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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