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Originally Posted by ArcheM
Ah! Okay, is it this thing? The story behind the Michigan "s" | Michigan Radio Except it's not plural but possessive (I suppose it's become so ingrained that it's actually lost its grammatical function, but never mind).
Anyway, it's fascinating that it's a contentious issue. I've heard it a lot, but thought it was just a thing that happened and I had to accept, without ever getting an explanation. |
So this has become so ingrained in us that we don't realize we're doing it, to outsiders it seems weird and grammatically incorrect. I'm guilty of doing it verbally (I don't do this in writing), it's most common when saying the name of stores or restaurants. Its a weird little thing that is unique to Michigan, just like we call soda "pop" for some reason.