The addition of 's' to restaurant names

[wdwmagic]

I'm not having a go at anyone, but I always find it funny how many times an 'S' gets put on the end of a restaurant name. The names I see a lot are:

Boma(s)
O'Hana(s)
Kona(s)
Jiko(s)

With the S added, they sound like they are named after someone.

 

[Crush Dude!]

Bugs me too although I try to bite my tongue

 

[Nemo14]

Next thing you know we'll be calling this place "WDWMagic's" or maybe even "Steve's"......

 

[lilclerk]

I remember when I was in high school, someone wrote an article for the school paper on how people always add an S to Nordstrom.
I come from a boring town.

 

[Nemo14]

I remember when I was in high school, someone wrote an article for the school paper on how people always add an S to Nordstrom.
I come from a boring town.

Barrington?

 

[WDWmazprty]

LOL! Like when I lived in NJ, a common phrase was: " Hey yous guys!" LOL!

Funny and annoying all at once.

 

[lilclerk]

Barrington?

Hahaha yes!

 

[Nemo14]

Hahaha yes!

Hence the nickname "Borrington"!

 

[lilclerk]

Hence the nickname "Borrington"!

That's the one

 

[Nemo14]

That's the one

Hey Fawsta-Glawsta wasn't the most exciting place to grow up in either......

 

[lilclerk]

Hey Fawsta-Glawsta wasn't the most exciting place to grow up in either......

Your accent is better.

 

[Master Yoda]

I looked into this a number of years ago. What I found was a large majority of businesses (restaurants, stores, etc) were named after the owner or a fictional character. Adding the possesive 's became a common way to either abbreviate the name of the business in a somewhat informal manner or to add a bit of an informal sound to the actual business name. Because this practice is so pervasive, it becomes kind of a knee jerk reaction to add an 's to a business name that sounds like the name of a person even though it is not.

 

[Tinkerkell]

The one that gets me is O'Hana or O'Hanas. It's not an Irish pub. I don't correct people when they spell it this way, but it give me a second or two of cringing.

 

[Sweet Melissa]

The one that gets me is O'Hana or O'Hanas. It's not an Irish pub. I don't correct people when they spell it this way, but it give me a second or two of cringing.

Cosigned. It happens more often than not. It's 'Ohana, not O'Hana or O'Hanna. I can't expect much, though. I was reading another board this week where a woman was repeatedly spelling the President's name "O'Bama."

 

[Nemo14]

Cosigned. It happens more often than not. It's 'Ohana, not O'Hana or O'Hanna. I can't expect much, though. I was reading another board this week where a woman was repeatedly spelling the President's name "O'Bama."

They must not have seen his birth certificate.....

 

[real mad hatter]

Yeh,Me too, can't wait to go back to Sanaa's.

 

[The Incredible Schmulk]

I'm not having a go at anyone, but I always find it funny how many times an 'S' gets put on the end of a restaurant name. The names I see a lot are:

Boma(s)
O'Hana(s)
Kona(s)
Jiko(s)

With the S added, they sound like they are named after someone.

It bothers me, too, almost as much as when people put the apostrophe after the 'o' in 'Ohana instead of before it, like it's somekind of Hawaiian Irish pub.

 

[flynnibus]

well.. when you throw in other languages... the lay always mangle them

 

[maryszhi]

i live in the chicago area ( go to school in memphis) and for some reason i noticed that I add the 's to stores and restaurants for the most part. like i am going to nordstoms or i am in krogers. alot of people in my hometown do too. I am sorry its a habit, but i will try and stop

 

[Phonedave]

I'm not having a go at anyone, but I always find it funny how many times an 'S' gets put on the end of a restaurant name. The names I see a lot are:

Boma(s)
O'Hana(s)
Kona(s)
Jiko(s)

With the S added, they sound like they are named after someone.

Was this beacause of my post ?

Your spelling of "O'Hana" is causing me much angst by the way

-dave