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Bad news, folks: the erudite hackers have added an apostrophe to Harrod's logo

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For some reason the "no apostrophe" thing is common in UK company names.

SilasX|5 months ago

Interestingly, it's common in the Midwest to add "'s" where it doesn't exist when referring to a brand e.g. calling Costco "Costco's".

https://styleblueprint.com/everyday/why-do-people-add-s-to-t...

fredoralive|5 months ago

The greengrocer’s have taken the entirety of the British High Streets apostrophe supply.

Angostura|5 months ago

https://londonist.com/2016/10/londons-dropped-apostrophes

nashashmi|5 months ago

It is this grammatical "mistakes" that make it so obvious a scam is a scam. I often raised my eyebrows at phishing messages and wondered if they knew grammar, but then realized in Nigeria this is their most appropriate grammatical structure and language begins with "Dear Sir..."