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[–] rowinxavier@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (3 children)

When I lived in the UK I never saw the express or extra, but I did hear some people calling them "Tescos", as in pluralising them like some people do with Lego. I guess it was foreshadowing of the different breeds.

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[–] DakRalter@thelemmy.club 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Isn't it more "Tesco's", the possessive rather than plural? In the way you'd go to your mate's or your mum's or Jimmy's. I feel like we do that with shops too. I'm pretty sure I say Tesco's and Lidl's. Sainsbury's has it built in.

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[–] rowinxavier@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

OK, after decades on this Earth I had never considered it could be the posessive, ha, yes, that seems likely.

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[–] Dicska@lemmy.world 1 point 6 days ago

Tesco's, your local pub, opened by Theodore Benjamin Tesco.

I know it's more like a habit than an actually serious thought, but I still find it rather weird, as a non-native.

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