"George Weston"  wrote:
> "Greg"  wrote in message 
> news:0ebfc157-ae8d-41f0-9113-bc8565b46312@a32g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...
> > On 28 Oct, 14:06, performingchimp  wrote:
> >> Mark Bluemel wrote:
> >> > SteveShark wrote:
> >>
> >> >> Arse...
> >> >> At Tesco!
> >>
> >> > Is that better or worse than George at Asda?
> >>
> >> It's spelled "Tesco's."
> >>
> >> PS. And it's "The Asda". "Asda's" doesn't make sense, so the
> > > correct
> >> term is "I'm off up the asda."
> >>
> >> Bloody southerners
> >
> > Actually, the correct phrase would be "I'm going to The Asda".
> > Unless
> > Asda is located on the top of a steep hill, it would be very
> > difficult
> > to go 'up' The Asda. :P
> >
> > And don't get me started on the use of the word 'off' to mean
> > leaving
> > to go somewhere....
> 
> No.
> 
> /pedant mode on
> "I'm going to the Asda" would only perhaps work in the West Midlands,
> where 
> they have a peculiar local figure of speech in which they refer to
> certain 
> establishments in that way.
> Like "I work at the Jaguar".
> 
> Some correct (non-Brummie) alternatives would be:
> I'm going to the Asda/Tesco supermarket
> I'm going to Asda's/Tesco's supermarket
> I'm going to Asda/Tesco.
> 
> /snob mode on
> Personally, I much prefer to shop at Waitrose (not Waitroses,
> Waitrose's or 
> The Waitrose). You meet a much better class of person....
> 
> ;-)
> 
> George

Nah...Marks & Sparks.
No riff raff in there!

Steve

"SteveShark" <steve{FULLSTOP}cobham{AT}gmail{FULLSTOP}com> wrote in message 
news:1101030882278589240.529034steve{FULLSTOP}cobham{AT}gmail{FULLSTOP}com@news.maximumusenet.com...
> "George Weston"  wrote:
>> "Greg"  wrote in message
>> news:0ebfc157-ae8d-41f0-9113-bc8565b46312@a32g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...
>> > On 28 Oct, 14:06, performingchimp  wrote:
>> >> Mark Bluemel wrote:
>> >> > SteveShark wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >> Arse...
>> >> >> At Tesco!
>> >>
>> >> > Is that better or worse than George at Asda?
>> >>
>> >> It's spelled "Tesco's."
>> >>
>> >> PS. And it's "The Asda". "Asda's" doesn't make sense, so the
>> > > correct
>> >> term is "I'm off up the asda."
>> >>
>> >> Bloody southerners
>> >
>> > Actually, the correct phrase would be "I'm going to The Asda".
>> > Unless
>> > Asda is located on the top of a steep hill, it would be very
>> > difficult
>> > to go 'up' The Asda. :P
>> >
>> > And don't get me started on the use of the word 'off' to mean
>> > leaving
>> > to go somewhere....
>>
>> No.
>>
>> /pedant mode on
>> "I'm going to the Asda" would only perhaps work in the West Midlands,
>> where
>> they have a peculiar local figure of speech in which they refer to
>> certain
>> establishments in that way.
>> Like "I work at the Jaguar".
>>
>> Some correct (non-Brummie) alternatives would be:
>> I'm going to the Asda/Tesco supermarket
>> I'm going to Asda's/Tesco's supermarket
>> I'm going to Asda/Tesco.
>>
>> /snob mode on
>> Personally, I much prefer to shop at Waitrose (not Waitroses,
>> Waitrose's or
>> The Waitrose). You meet a much better class of person....
>>
>> ;-)
>>
>> George
>
> Nah...Marks & Sparks.
> No riff raff in there!

You're right there - I hate the place!
;-)

George

On 30 Oct 2009 09:53:46 GMT, SteveShark
<steve{FULLSTOP}cobham{AT}gmail{FULLSTOP}com> wrote:

>"George Weston"  wrote:
>> "Greg"  wrote in message 
>> news:0ebfc157-ae8d-41f0-9113-bc8565b46312@a32g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...
>> > On 28 Oct, 14:06, performingchimp  wrote:
>> >> Mark Bluemel wrote:
>> >> > SteveShark wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >> Arse...
>> >> >> At Tesco!
>> >>
>> >> > Is that better or worse than George at Asda?
>> >>
>> >> It's spelled "Tesco's."
>> >>
>> >> PS. And it's "The Asda". "Asda's" doesn't make sense, so the
>> > > correct
>> >> term is "I'm off up the asda."
>> >>
>> >> Bloody southerners
>> >
>> > Actually, the correct phrase would be "I'm going to The Asda".
>> > Unless
>> > Asda is located on the top of a steep hill, it would be very
>> > difficult
>> > to go 'up' The Asda. :P
>> >
>> > And don't get me started on the use of the word 'off' to mean
>> > leaving
>> > to go somewhere....
>> 
>> No.
>> 
>> /pedant mode on
>> "I'm going to the Asda" would only perhaps work in the West Midlands,
>> where 
>> they have a peculiar local figure of speech in which they refer to
>> certain 
>> establishments in that way.
>> Like "I work at the Jaguar".
>> 
>> Some correct (non-Brummie) alternatives would be:
>> I'm going to the Asda/Tesco supermarket
>> I'm going to Asda's/Tesco's supermarket
>> I'm going to Asda/Tesco.
>> 
>> /snob mode on
>> Personally, I much prefer to shop at Waitrose (not Waitroses,
>> Waitrose's or 
>> The Waitrose). You meet a much better class of person....
>> 
>> ;-)
>> 
>> George
>
>Nah...Marks & Sparks.
>No riff raff in there!
>
>Steve

Judging by their quarterly figures, there's no anybody in there...

Pete