Date:  Fri, 13 May 1994 07:44:03 -0600

From:  tthonus <tthonus[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]INDIANA.EDU>

Subject: genitives



Genitives in names of commercial establishments are salient enough to

have been mimicked in "Brazilian English." Some examples I found in two

Brazilian cities:

Bejom's Moda

Whiskey's House

Joe's Hot Shop

Andrade's Sports

For more, see World Englishes 10.1 (1991)



Terese Thonus