Why do people randomly add the letter "s" to some restaurant names?

[DisneyArkie]

I’ve read and giggled through this thread. I started thinking, if this kind of stuff really irks people Lord help us all.

 

[Figmentmommy]

No, it’s “Pecos Bill.” No apostrophe; maybe it’s plural or just the plain name of a place.

It irks me more to see people write “dinning.” There is no such word. It’s “dining” people—a single letter N.

I hate correcting my fellow posters for spelling or grammar. As long as we all can understand each other, that’s what matters.

Yet, when I see the letter N written twice in “dining,” it annoys me irrationally.

Dinning is a real word - it just doesn't refer to food in any way! It means a loud, prolonged noise.

 

[JerseyJanice]

Dinning is a real word - it just doesn't refer to food in any way! It means a loud, prolonged noise.

Funny, I always thought the word “din” was a noun, and therefore, could not have an “ing” ending like a verb. But you are correct.

That said, I don’t think it’s possible for there to be a Disney Dinning Plan. Unless maybe we are talking about the cacophony of those Star Wars Marches in the Studios. Those things are deafening!

 

[KStash]

I would never point out grammar mistakes, but I have to say that the added S, dinning and loose vs lose irritates me too. I don’t know why, because I don’t have some outstanding knowledge of correct grammar usage, but it just drives me crazy.

 

[KrazeeK120]

I would never point out grammar mistakes, but I have to say that the added S, dinning and loose vs lose irritates me too. I don’t know why, because I don’t have some outstanding knowledge of correct grammar usage, but it just drives me crazy.

Same. “Dinning,” in particular, really drives me up the wall!!

 

[scrappingbuckeye]

I'm from Michigan and it's pretty common for people there to add the letter "s" to everything - might be a geographical grammar quirk?

LOL like Krogers, Meijers etc. It's funny. Not to mention my favorite Michigan quick - beginning a sentence with "Look it"

 

[cadien]

Yes! I cringe everytime I hear "Fords" and "Meijers"

Nordstroms...

I don't think it's regional though. I've heard the 's' thing from people in every part of the country.

 

[happymommy]

It definitely is a geographical grammar thing.

I used to live in Hawaii, and that was very common. Costco there is "Costco's".

 

[richkaryn]

Makes me cringe whenever I see it on here. Glad to know I am not the only one. I was born and raised in New England, then moved to TN when I was about 9. Here everyone says "walmarts" "krogers" and such. They also "Sale" their stuff in yard "sells". And get stung by waspers, and use the "hose pipe" to water the lawn. Drives me up a wall!

 

[fwm]

How about this:

"Myself is dinning at Jikos".

 

[NYCgrrl]

How about this:

"Myself is dinning at Jikos".

Thus accounting for the loud noise often heard in Signature restaurants.

 

[ElizabethG]

I'll just throw in "Bay Lake Towers".
Also, why to people say "acrost", but usually spell across? Where does that 'T' sound come from???

 

[MrPTato]

I'll just throw in "Bay Lake Towers".
Also, why to people say "acrost", but usually spell across? Where does that 'T' sound come from???

Just about to type this....I only see one tower!!

 

[Moliphino]

Bippity Boppity is another one for me. There should not be any Ps or Ts in there!

 

[mamamelody2]

I'm from Michigan and it's pretty common for people there to add the letter "s" to everything - might be a geographical grammar quirk?

Ah, yes, Meijers.
I don't say it, but DH does. Mostly because I let it slip that I find it annoying. LOL.

 

[antmaril]

I, too, am from Michigan and most of my friends say Kroger’s and Meijer’s. Drives me bonkers, but I keep my mouth shut. I love them and would never hurt their feelings by calling them out. These are educated people. It’s just a habit, I think.

 

[Summer2018]

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I'm a teacher, and I go crazy seeing words misspelled as well as grammar mistakes. I even go back and edit what I've written if I notice a typo. However, I'm not going to be the one to point out any of the mistakes that I see. I'm not perfect, so I have no right to expect that from anyone else. I just quietly wince when I see the errors and move on.

 

[KevM]

I'm from Michigan and it's pretty common for people there to add the letter "s" to everything - might be a geographical grammar quirk?

Adding a “s” to the end of stores/restaurants is actually so common in Michigan that doing so is known as The Michigan S.

 

[Fern]

This whole thread is cracking me up. I would never correct a person’s grammar on the internet, but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t doing it in my head. I immediately think of when people say “Victoria’s Secrets”. She has one secret people, and it’s her underwear!

I will never be able to think of ‘Ohana as anything but an Irish bar now!

 

[Jimmy Mouse]

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