Why call it tescos?

martinedwards

when it's clearly tesco.

With No S on the end.

McDonald's...... Sainsbury's....... Dunne's.... yes

TESCO?

no.

WHY???????

o1s1n

Because it denotes ownership. It's spelled Tesco's.

BBDBB

dunno, perhaps the answer is in a Trivial Pursuits question card

Tesco's shops?

BBDBB

I think its named Tesco after the original owner Tessa Cohen, I could be wrong, I just vaguely recall it as a useless bit of information

Ruu

You seem like a man with time on his hands! TESCOS, TESCOS, TESCOS!

The Backwards Man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjTh_giTYUA

TommiesTank

It is an interesting question and I am glad you have brought it to our attention.

KeithM89

A certain relative of mine often says 'Im off down to boots's's. '

You cant pick your family..

martinedwards

The company was founded in 1919 by Jack Cohen as a group of market stalls. The Tesco name first appeared in 1924, after Cohen purchased a shipment of tea from T. E. Stockwell and combined those initials with the first two letters of his surname.

check their website.

it's ALWAYS TESCO, NEVER TESCO'S

Ghost Buster

martinedwards wrote: »

when it's clearly tesco.

With No S on the end.

McDonald's...... Sainsbury's....... Dunne's.... yes

TESCO?

no.

WHY???????

I only call it Tescos on St Stephenses Day

Frank Lee Midere

The s is assumed. After all Dunnes stores has an s denoting ownership if missing the '. Nobody minds that but it's a grammatical mistake. People use the same rule for Tesco even if Tesco don't. Many shops named after a person do.

TommiesTank

Keith wrote: »

A certain relative of mine often says 'Im off down to boots's's. '

You cant pick your family..

At least it's not 'Im off down to THE boots's's. '

Like the Facebook.

TommiesTank

What is the plural of 'Dog and Bone'?

Lapin

The Tesco / Tesco's conundrum doesn't dwell on the mind of those of us who don't shop there.

We get cross when people of vulgar urbringing refer to Marks & Spencer as Marks & Spencer's.

losthorizon

When Sudan split in two nations why did the south of the new area call itself South Sudan. Surely a better and more original name could have been chosen for the country.

The reason that came into my head was i read this earlier today

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/09/13/uk-southsudan-fighting-idUKBRE98C0Y320130913

Son Of A Vidic

martinedwards wrote: »

Why call it tescos?

And here was me thinking I had problems in life.

The Backwards Man

TommiesTank wrote: »

What is the plural of 'Dog and Bone'?

Phones

goose2005

What about Eason?

TommiesTank

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Phones

C***.

o1s1n

martinedwards wrote: »

The company was founded in 1919 by Jack Cohen as a group of market stalls. The Tesco name first appeared in 1924, after Cohen purchased a shipment of tea from T. E. Stockwell and combined those initials with the first two letters of his surname.

check their website.

it's ALWAYS TESCO, NEVER TESCO'S

As I said previously, it denotes ownership. The 'S' isn't part of the name, it's telling people the shop is owned by Tesco.

Same with Eason.

'I'm going to Eason's'

You're not saying the shop is called 'Easons', you're saying you're going to 'Eason's shop'. The shop owned by 'Eason'.

TommiesTank

What about Harry Ramadan's?

jonnny68

How do people even think to ask such a question, are you THAT bored :-\

StupidLikeAFox

It might be something to do with the fact that years ago most of the shops were owned by people, so every shop was a Murphys or Foleys or something of the sort. I don't hear it much though, I normally shop in Lidls

martinedwards

US Grammar Nazis have to vent!!

o1s1n

TommiesTank wrote: »

What about Harry Ramadan's?

Harry Ramsdan's were nice enough to include the apostrophe 's' in their name, therefore negating the need for the OP's question.

If only Tesco and Eason had that foresight.

o1s1n

martinedwards wrote: »

US Grammar Nazis have to vent!!

But your opening post is incorrect. There's nothing wrong grammatically with saying 'Tesco's'.

You bring shame to the 'Grammar Nazi' moniker. :pac:

Ruu

martinedwards wrote: »

US Grammar Nazis have to vent!!

What part of America are you from?

TommiesTank

o1s1n wrote: »

Harry Ramsdan's were nice enough to include the apostrophe 's' in their name, therefore negating the need for the OP's question.

If only Tesco and Eason had that foresight.

Who mentioned Harry Ramsdan's?

o1s1n

TommiesTank wrote: »

Who mentioned Harry Ramsdan's?

You can apply the same logic to your made up name.

shop123

BBDBB wrote: »

I think its named Tesco after the original owner Tessa Cohen, I could be wrong, I just vaguely recall it as a useless bit of information

It is He/she combined letters of his/her name.
TESsa COhen

SpaceTime

I'm sure there's some complicated phonetic reason for it. Usually you'll find that a particular combination of sounds are just easier to say.

SpaceTime

shop123 wrote: »

It is He/she combined letters of his/her name.
TESsa COhen

Close but not quite:

Wikipedia wrote:

The Tesco brand first appeared in 1924. The name came about after Jack Cohen bought a shipment of tea from Thomas Edward Stockwell. He made new labels using the first three letters of the supplier's name (TES), and the first two letters of his surname (CO), forming the word TESCO

The brand dates back to 1924 and was setup by Jack Cohen back in 1919. He was the son of a Polish immigrant to the UK.

Gummy Panda

Careful grammar Nazis. You will waken the ginger one

VinLieger

martinedwards wrote: »

when it's clearly tesco.

With No S on the end.

McDonald's...... Sainsbury's....... Dunne's.... yes

TESCO?

no.

WHY???????

Actually its McDonalds, Sainburys and Dunnes

Frank Lee Midere

VinLieger wrote: »

Actually its McDonalds, Sainburys and Dunnes

But the apostrophe is - or should - be there as the s was not on the original names.

The OP has one minor point. People might be saying the 's for Tesco's. that's grammatically correct. But nobody says Centra's.. Or Super Value's. My guess is it sounds like a name of a founder. I assumedit was one.

MRnotlob606

lets all go to tesco , lets all go tesco ,na na na na AYY na na na na AYY

TommiesTank

o1s1n wrote: »

You can apply the same logic to your made up name.

I'll have you know it is NOT a made up name.

losthorizon

Its a jewish shop and they sell sausages. :eek:

I wont even mention that its really expensive.

spurious

losthorizon wrote: »

Its a jewish shop and they sell sausages. :eek:

I wont even mention that its really expensive.

and British. Grr, rattle me shillelagh(s).

Marcusm

What about Cadburys? That was obviously Cadbury after the family; they gave in and dropped the apostrophe because of the absence of those with strong spelling and grammar or as the French say those who "enculez des mouches" (**** flies).

Karl Stein

What's in the Jewish shop? Can you buy those ringlets for your hair and those little schull caps they wear?

Frank Lee Midere

Charlie Rock wrote: »

What's in the Jewish shop? Can you buy those ringlets for your hair and those little schull caps they wear?

That and bagels. Also a bodhran because they like to pander to locals. But that's it. Tesco(s) sells 4 things.

EDIT: or so I hear. It's Harrods for me of course.

Heraldoffreeent

Remonds me of a cleaner in an office I worked in, He'd be on about how he was going out at the weekend to Lillie Bordello's.
Like, Hello? A cleaner??

stefan idiot jones

.......and another thing.

It's Red Hot Chili Peppers, not 'The' Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Frank Lee Midere

Heraldoffreeent wrote: »

Remonds me of a cleaner in an office I worked in, He'd be on about how he was going out at the weekend to Lillie Bordello's.
Like, Hello? A cleaner??

What in gods name has that got to do with this thread?

apollo8

Heraldoffreeent wrote: »

Remonds me of a cleaner in an office I worked in, He'd be on about how he was going out at the weekend to Lillie Bordello's.
Like, Hello? A cleaner??

Snob!

Heraldoffreeent

Frank Lee Midere wrote: »

What in gods name has that got to do with this thread?

Missed the Lillie Bordello's bit did you?

suicide_circus

it's a british thing.

they tend to say Jameson's when asking for a Jameson

Femme_Fatale

It's because some people automatically pluralise/add a possessive "s" and some places have a "s" e.g. Dunnes, Roches, Debenhams.

I say Easons and Peter Marks. Just habit.

suicide_circus wrote: »

it's a british thing.

they tend to say Jameson's when asking for a Jameson

I thought it was actually more of an Irish thing.

kowloon

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

I thought it was actually more of an Irish thing.

The 'point at the bottle and grunt' manoeuvre is the Irish way. A good barman can interpret subtle changes in tone and sobriety and select the correct beverage.