Monday, April 02, 2007
04/2007: SHOPPES
Having visited the USA several times in the last year, I’m increasingly irritated by the number of places that describe their retail outlets as ‘shoppes’. What does this mean? Is it an American plural of shop? I know in the UK it is generally a twee term for medieval-style shops (sorry, shoppes) but I’ve seen the term used in the States in modern hotels with no pretentious of ancientness and I’ve also seen a Vitamin Shoppe, a Photocopy Shoppe and a Timeshare Resale Shoppe – none of which could possibly have any roots in Merry Olde England.
Any Americans reading this: STOP IT AT ONCE.
Having visited the USA several times in the last year, I’m increasingly irritated by the number of places that describe their retail outlets as ‘shoppes’. What does this mean? Is it an American plural of shop? I know in the UK it is generally a twee term for medieval-style shops (sorry, shoppes) but I’ve seen the term used in the States in modern hotels with no pretentious of ancientness and I’ve also seen a Vitamin Shoppe, a Photocopy Shoppe and a Timeshare Resale Shoppe – none of which could possibly have any roots in Merry Olde England.
Any Americans reading this: STOP IT AT ONCE.
# posted by hotelreviewer @ 4:11 pm 
