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		acqq on July 6, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: ‘Flash Boys’ Programmer in Goldman Case Prevails S... So would a Briton say "I used to work at Goldmans" if the company is called Goldman Sachs?

scrumper on July 6, 2015 | [–]

Yes, exactly. Same with Lehmans, Merrills, etc. Mostly companies named after people.

pests on July 7, 2015 | [–]

In southeast Michigan its also standard for people to append an `s` to the end of most stores.

Kroger -> Krogers Meijer -> Meijers

etc. I never noticed it until I went on a linguistics bender on Wikipedia where it was noted.

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