It's Tesco not Tescos

FlutterinBantam · 09-09-2011 02:35PM

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

Ok I found out the reason.

People who say Tescos feel the need to fit in to the group moreso than people who say Tesco. Possible self esteem issues. I think they need to be accepted by others. If you think for yourself I think people would say Tesco unless of course someone actually thought the name was Tescos. I don't hear people saying Burger Kings, Microsofts or Manchester Uniteds.

Example:

Wayne Rooney plays for Manchester Uniteds.

The clue of course is what they call themselves as
Don't see too many 'Tesco's' there.

But don't let that stand in your way:rolleyes:

Solair · 09-09-2011 02:37PM

Jeff_Lebowski wrote: »

Apparently both are correct.

Yo-Yo however is not.

You do realise I was joking when I posted originally though, right?

"Euro" being used as plural was just an annoying Eurocrat thing to avoid umpteen different plural versions. Thankfully everyone ignored it!

So we've Euros, Euroes, Euroen, Euroi, Euroeanna etc etc

Also, most countries don't seem to use the term "cent"

Ireland says "cents"
A lot of French speakers seem to have hung on to "centimes"
The Spanish still say "centimós"

Also, it seems the Quid is still very much in use in IRL.

foxyboxer · 09-09-2011 02:37PM

Every Lidl helps

jebuz · 09-09-2011 02:38PM

Op, could you be a little more pacific, I'm not sure what your gripe is exactly

Solair · 09-09-2011 02:39PM

pickarooney wrote: »

I don't mean to kick you while you're flailing helplessly on the ground, but someone else will if I don't :P

Typing on a forum dude! I don't have my team of copyeditors to check my grammar.

FlutterinBantam · 09-09-2011 02:39PM

Solair wrote: »

"Euro" being used as plural was just an annoying Eurocrat thing to avoid umpteen different plural versions. Thankfully everyone ignored it!

So we've Euros, Euroes, Euroen, Euroi, Euroeanna etc etc

Also, most countries don't seem to use the term "cent"

Ireland says "cents"
A lot of French speakers seem to have hung on to "centimes"
The Spanish still say "centimós"

Also, it seems the Quid is still very much in use in IRL.

Not for me man...that's my 2 euro 50 cent worth.

As far as I am concerned that is correct.

earlyevening · 09-09-2011 02:40PM

I hear friends refer to "Milano's" and "Wagamama's" restaurants. They know there's no Mr Milano or Mrs Wagamama.

I think it's a country thing?

Shane-KornSpace · 09-09-2011 02:41PM

Hurricane-Dean wrote: »

It's actually Santa Claus, or more preferably Saint Nicholas

Ah you know what I meant!! :P

FlutterinBantam · 09-09-2011 02:41PM

earlyevening wrote: »

I hear friends refer to "Milano's" and "Wagamama's" restaurants. They know there's no Mr Milano or Mrs Wagamama.

I think it's a country thing?

As in 'what country'?

Solair · 09-09-2011 02:43PM

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

Not for me man...that's my 2 euro 50 cent worth.

As far as I am concerned that is correct.

Whatever about the grammar, what I find kind of confusing is the way some countries decide to write the numbers totally differently.

Ireland : €1.99
Spain : 1,99€
France: 1€99 (It's no big deal until someone decides to do it on a spreadsheet!)

hooradiation · 09-09-2011 02:44PM

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

Do you think people mean Tesco's shop when they say Tesco's. I don't. I think a lot actually think it's called Tescos.

Generally, yes i would think they would. The give away for anyone in doubt would be the massive signs outside every store and the fact that in advertisements they always say "Tesco"

But it's just such a common way of talking about the nearest branch of the chain to you that that people will use it without thinking in other context.

Solair · 09-09-2011 02:44PM

earlyevening wrote: »

I hear friends refer to "Milano's" and "Wagamama's" restaurants. They know there's no Mr Milano or Mrs Wagamama.

I think it's a country thing?

My city centre grand aunt who considers Drumcondra 'down the country' as it's outside the canals, refers to Lidl's, Tesco's etc etc all the time.

I think it's just an 'awl wan' thing.

FlutterinBantam · 09-09-2011 02:46PM

hooradiation wrote: »

Generally, yes i would think they would. The give away for anyone in doubt would be the massive signs outside every store and the fact that in advertisements they always say "Tesco"

But it's just such a common way of talking about the nearest branch of the chain to you that that people will use it without thinking in other context.

Nail on the head there, big boy;)

Yahew · 09-09-2011 02:47PM

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

As in 'what country'?

The entire country of Ireland? And the UK.

I agree that people are making the possessive 's. Which is fine, I think. Were I go to to the house of O'Brien, I can legitimately say I am going to O'Brien's* ( The fact that people here write that at O'Briens or Tescos is just they way they write it down).

And Irish pubs general tend to do that anyway - Murphys, rather than Murphy. In that case they do lose the 's. Were a shop called O'Brien & sons, I could go to O'Brien's. Short for O'Brien's shop. Same with Tesco('s shop).

* You can also legitimately say O'Briens as in the house where the O'Briens live, as a plural. Like the house of commons, where common folk comes to pretend to run the country.

smash · 09-09-2011 02:47PM

I don't knows.

FlutterinBantam · 09-09-2011 02:51PM

Yahew wrote: »

The entire country of Ireland? And the UK.

I agree that people are making the possessive 's. Which is fine, I think. Were I go to to the house of O'Brien, I can legitimately say I am going to O'Brien's* ( The fact that people here write that at O'Briens or Tescos is just they way they write it down).

And Irish pubs general tend to do that anyway - Murphys, rather than Murphy. In that case they do lose the 's. Were a shop called O'Brien & sons, I could go to O'Brien's. Short for O'Brien's shop. Same with Tesco('s shop).

You can also legitimately say O'Briens as in the house where the O'Briens live, as a plural. Like the house of commons, where common folk comes to pretend to run the country.

If there is one thing which riles me more than people saying Tesco's instead of Tesco is people trying to say it's correct.

If your want to be wrong and call it Tesco's fine, don't please say it's right.

I'm going down to Esso's for petrol now.

WTF!

Yahew · 09-09-2011 02:53PM

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

Not for me man...that's my 2 euro 50 cent worth.

As far as I am concerned that is correct.

It's correct in bastardised Euro-english, for sure. It disobeys all other rules in English grammar though.

Yahew · 09-09-2011 02:54PM

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

If there is one thing which riles me more than people saying Tesco's instead of Tesco is people trying to say it's correct.

If your want to be wrong and call it Tesco's fine, don't please say it's right.

I'm going down to Esso's for petrol now.

WTF!

I explained to you why it is correct. You merely threw a little temper tantrum. A temper tantrum is not an argument.

Yahew · 09-09-2011 02:57PM

The funny thing about the two euro malarky is that it sounds as off to me as " I am going two mile down the road to get two euro and two cent" - however one gets the impression that the kind of people who defend the missing s in the plural Euro would demand it's inclusion in the plural of mile.

Solair · 09-09-2011 03:00PM

Both forms are totally correct! Chill out!

If you're insisting on being a grammar Nazi and annoying the feck out of people at least get the rules you're trying to impose right!

Yahew · 09-09-2011 03:02PM

Solair wrote: »

Both forms are totally correct! Chill out!

If you're insisting on being a grammar Nazi and annoying the feck out of people at least get the rules you're trying to impose right!

Yes. This. Both forms.

earlyevening · 09-09-2011 03:06PM

Solair wrote: »

My city centre grand aunt who considers Drumcondra 'down the country' as it's outside the canals, refers to Lidl's, Tesco's etc etc all the time.

I think it's just an 'awl wan' thing.

but my friends aren't "awl wans"...they're bona fide boggers though

Scanlas The 2nd · 09-09-2011 03:10PM

Solair wrote: »

Both forms are totally correct! Chill out!

If you're insisting on being a grammar Nazi and annoying the feck out of people at least get the rules you're trying to impose right!

Right on. I'm headin down to spar's now for a pint of milk.

pickarooney · 09-09-2011 03:22PM

Solair wrote: »

Both forms are totally correct! Chill out!

If you're insisting on being a grammar Nazi and annoying the feck out of people at least get the rules you're trying to impose right!

Never a truer word spoken.

Solair · 09-09-2011 04:53PM

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

Right on. I'm headin down to spar's now for a pint of milk.

Don't forget to pay in Euros and cents when you're down at Spar's!

FlutterinBantam · 09-09-2011 06:16PM

Yahew wrote: »

I explained to you why it is correct. You merely threw a little temper tantrum. A temper tantrum is not an argument.

You gave your opinion as to why you think it is correct

An opinion is not an argument.

St.Spodo · 09-09-2011 06:22PM

People say ''Marks and Spencers'' an awful lot too. I know a woman who always, without fail, says ''Lidls'' and ''Aldis''. That's not a colloquialism; that's just incorrect.

FlutterinBantam · 09-09-2011 06:23PM

Yahew wrote: »

The funny thing about the two euro malarky is that it sounds as off to me as " I am going two mile down the road to get two euro and two cent" - however one gets the impression that the kind of people who defend the missing s in the plural Euro would demand it's inclusion in the plural of mile.

Of course... Note the type of people in the Púnt days who would say."That'll be seven pound boss."

I fully expected the same type of people to add the 's' after 'two euros'

Why?.Because that's what they do, it's really as simple as that.

That's what they do...see post 69....lazy diction, lazy diction my friend.

Orando Broom · 09-09-2011 06:25PM

Snakeblood wrote: »

Take it up with Bob Tesco.

Is it not Bob Tescos?

Solair · 09-09-2011 06:42PM

St.Spodo wrote: »

People say ''Marks and Spencers'' an awful lot too. I know a woman who always, without fail, says ''Lidls'' and ''Aldis''. That's not a colloquialism; that's just incorrect.

As discussed, ad nauseum, there's nothing at all incorrect about any of the above, other than they're missing apostrophes in your transcription of what they say. Those people are perfectly correct.

You can say it either way!

You are criticising people for speaking perfectly correct English. It is you who are wrong!

If you're going to be pedantic, at least get your facts right

It's Tesco not Tescos

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