[LMB] OT: Amusement (was [OT:] Priorities)

[Raye Johnsen]

--- Tzivia Adler <tadler at yeshivanet.com> wrote:

> 2 people using the same word i don't know?
> is enough for me to want an explanation.

'Toys 'R' Us' (meant to be pronounced 'Toys Are Us')
is the name of a chain of mega-toystores based on the
supermarket model.  The chain is sufficiently
ubiquitious in America (and the concept telegraphed
clearly enough elsewhere) that the name gets co-opted,
altered and reapplied elsewhere as appropriate.

The  'ya' instead of 'are' is a slurring that I would
interpret as either a regional pronunciation or a lazy
speaker.

Raye

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