1 hour ago, Geoffggi said:

As it is written

Good idea, but sadly meaningless!

 

One cannot “pronounce as it is written’ since written English gives little guidance on pronunciation.

 

So ask once again: how do you, personally yourself alone, pronounce the following?

 

minute

brass

route 

Bumrungrad

 

(My naughty screen reader started that last off with a slang word for my posterior and finished with a short-form word for a postgraduate (student).  But I use neither of those pronunciations.)

Lotus's....?

How s'stupid.

3 hours ago, webfact said:

12,089 7-Eleven outlets

 

That's just within 10 miles of my house. 

13 minutes ago, PatOngo said:

Yes, I get it, really funny! ????

I teach English here and have lived here for along time. Just saying final sounds of words are problematic for Thais. Lotus's is at the extreme end of difficult. Of course when one is using the possessive s and the proper noun ends in s there are two acceptable forms. Example: Jesus's and Jesus'. Both have the same sound and are difficult for second language learners. As is Lotus's. No Thai will say this.

3 hours ago, gunderhill said:

note  the total adherence to yellow  also

Smart corporate dress, and a visual reminder of what we stand for, and it aint a red tie or shirt 

 

28 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Horse. Whore. Understand? Sorry if too esoteric for you. Having a laugh ok. 

You can lead a whore to culture

But you can't make them think.

      Dorothy Parker 

i think it should be rebranded to how its known in common tounge,

LO TUT

3 hours ago, KannikaP said:

Do they ever consult a proper English speaker when thinking up these logos? Answer....NO!

Why would they?

lol. hilarious. a supermarket changes its name and thats enough to become the most populair topic on the farang forum filled with the usual dumbass replies and halfbaked cringy jokes. 

At least once they come to their sense('s) they can just peel off the end bit.

3 minutes ago, herwin1234 said:

lol. hilarious. a supermarket changes its name and thats enough to become the most populair topic on the farang forum filled with the usual dumbass replies and halfbaked cringy jokes. 

And your's is by far the best! Good on you H, keep the humor coming, you are such fun! 

2 minutes ago, taotoo said:

At least once they come to their sense('s) they can just peel off the end bit.

They richer than you will ever be, so they can name the company whatever the combined PR dept says. ????

Bet they focus tested it on local consumers mostly Thai I would expect and rightly so

 

4 hours ago, webfact said:

What’s in a name? Tesco Lotus in Thailand rebrands to “Lotus’s” (no, really)

Wrong. The CP Group bought-out Tesco Lotus in a controversial deal. It is CP renaming their acquisition not Tesco.

They could have rebranded Tesco Lotus as " Lotus C "

I will leave you to guess what the "C " stands for.

2 hours ago, 2530Ubon said:

No, spelt is correct when using British English

 

Otherwise known as "English"  ????

2 hours ago, PatOngo said:

Well blimey, if I was sat inside and you was stood outside, would it matter if it was Lotus or Lotus's? 

.....was sitting.............................were standing.............

 

 

And in real English it would be 'Cor Blimey' not Well..........LOL

Why not just name it Lotus' ?

3 hours ago, KannikaP said:

Is the plural of Lotus not Loti?   LOL

 

That's blatant declensionism, assuming it's second declension.

 

It could be third declension, in which case the plural would be Lotora (as in corpus/corpora), or even fourth declension, Lotūs (as in manus/manūs).

Not sure the intent behind "Lotus's"

As an English word it's grammatical nonsense.

If it is to be a possessive form, then "Lotus'. "

If to be plural and unique, then "Lotuses."

Given CP's vast commercial monopoly that eats competition, "Tesco Locust" makes more sense.

 

 

 

1 minute ago, Srikcir said:

Not sure the intent behind "Lotus's"

As an English word it's grammatical nonsense.

If it is to be a possessive form, then "Lotus'. "

If to be plural and unique, then "Lotuses."

Given CP's vast commercial monopoly that eats competition, "Tesco Locust" makes more sense.

 

 

 

What is Sainsbury's and why are the grammar Nazis not protesting?

Old man Sainsbury long gone, replaced by a PLC board of directors.

Just think of it as a chain of shops owned by a pretty lady named Lotus.

 

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Simple 

Motivate

Agile

Responsible

Transformative and Sustainability

Add unimaginably boring.

Who cares price is what matters!  ????

43 minutes ago, Oxx said:

 

That's blatant declensionism, assuming it's second declension.

 

It could be third declension, in which case the plural would be Lotora (as in corpus/corpora), or even fourth declension, Lotūs (as in manus/manūs).

According to OED, as Lotus is from Latin, the plural is Loti. But it can be Anglicised into Lotuses, unless you are referring to the car where the company has said that Lotus is their plural.

 

Have a good year Oxx.

A postraphic apocalypse, even native speakers often err, pucker lipsh now for 

 

"I'm off to slopping at Rotus Teerak", easy PC CP R us 

10 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

According to OED, as Lotus is from Latin, the plural is Loti. But it can be Anglicised into Lotuses, unless you are referring to the car where the company has said that Lotus is their plural.

 

Have a good year Oxx.

lavo, lavare, lavi, lotus

 

#1

verb

• conjugation: 1^st conjugation

Definitions:

1. soak

 

So non hippopotamus carnorundum

 

Always try the 

septem undecies (7-11)

Forum Famila Family Mart or

 

 

lexivae immersit Lotus

The soapy bath !!!

 

 

7 hours ago, KannikaP said:

Do they ever consult a proper English speaker when thinking up these logos? Answer....NO!

For that matter Why change the name /logo on everything .

that must cost Millions off $ Are they for real or just stupid,, Nah ,,the customer pays for that in the end .

I see Lotus cars has also been sold to the Chinese. Is it something about the name 'Lotus' they like?

1 hour ago, Captain Monday said:

What is Sainsbury's and why are the grammar Nazis not protesting?

Old man Sainsbury long gone, replaced by a PLC board of directors.

Just think of it as a chain of shops owned by a pretty lady named Lotus.

 

And most folk in UK say they are going to Tesco'S anyway. But Lotus'S looks and sounds daft, to me.

Please explain what Nazis have to do with a person correcting someone else's grammar please.

7 hours ago, spiekerjozef said:

Who paid for all their penguin outfits?

 

....and lapel badges and yellow ties...wasy to see where their loyalties lay.

3 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

And most folk in UK say they are going to Tesco'S anyway. But Lotus'S looks and sounds daft, to me.

Please explain what Nazis have to do with a person correcting someone else's grammar please.

They're the sort of people who would complain about starting a sentence with a conjunction. ????