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Originally posted by Cletus Miller
Not that this doesn't make my head hurt, but I think that this is, in some cases, a Midwestern-ism. I know many people (midwesterners all) who do read quite a lot who will refer to, for example, Nordstrom as "Nordstrom's" (I presume the ', to maintain some bit of sanity on the subject). I believe that it results from a feeling that all stores that seem to contain a person's name should take a possessive form--e.g. Marshall Field(proper name)= Marshall Field's.
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It is Midwetern thing, particularly strong in Chicago. Meet me over by the Jewel's on Western at Ashland
and I'll explain it to ya.
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