Re:‘Flash Boys’ Programmer in Goldman Case Prevails Second Time
by pitnips on Monday July 06, 2015 @12:43PM
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You worked at GS but call it Goldman's?
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Re:‘Flash Boys’ Programmer in Goldman Case Prevails Second Time
by elektromekatron on Monday July 06, 2015 @12:53PM
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Perhaps tpatke knows that using the term GS would be much harder to parse for folk that have not worked there. I work for FWE, by the way.
Re:‘Flash Boys’ Programmer in Goldman Case Prevails Second Time
by acqq on Monday July 06, 2015 @01:26PM
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I can imagine that, still, how come "Goldman's" with the 's?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldman_Sachs
It isn't:
Re:‘Flash Boys’ Programmer in Goldman Case Prevails Second Time
by scrumper on Monday July 06, 2015 @01:46PM
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Likely British usage. We pluralize company names in many cases: Goldmans, Tescos, etc, and refer to them plurally (so, "Goldmans are seeking to ruin Sergey" vs. "Goldman is seeking..."). Apostrophe is probably wrong :)
Re:‘Flash Boys’ Programmer in Goldman Case Prevails Second Time
by acqq on Monday July 06, 2015 @01:51PM
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So would a Briton say "I used to work at Goldmans" if the company is called Goldman Sachs?
Re:‘Flash Boys’ Programmer in Goldman Case Prevails Second Time
by scrumper on Monday July 06, 2015 @01:59PM
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Yes, exactly. Same with Lehmans, Merrills, etc. Mostly companies named after people.
Re:‘Flash Boys’ Programmer in Goldman Case Prevails Second Time
by pests on Tuesday July 07, 2015 @12:03AM
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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.