Talk:General store/Archive 1

Archive 1

Store vs shop

I would suggest removing the section "Changing use of the term "store" in the United Kingdom" entirely. While the word "store" is used in the UK it is generally used in relation to larger retail outlets. The type of store discussed in this article is almost always referred to as a shop. 82.39.188.161 03:43, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Removed link to www.all-in-general.com/. This has nothing to do with General stores that I can see, and is just someone promoting their online store. This is my first edit, so let me know if I've done something wrong. --Gbutler77 15:43, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Actually I thought the bit about the usage of the name was well worth including, especially considering the remark above "The type of store discussed in this article is almost always referred to as a shop.". Is it? Really? I don't think this should be taken for granted. --ManInStone 12:55, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

A proper discussion of the changing use of this pair of words would be welcome. One source for etymology would be the Oxford English Dictionary. BrainyBabe 16:00, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Yes really! In my 30 years as an Englishman I have never heard anyone refer to a corner shop as a store, and if my word isn't good enough then try the Chambers Dictionary: "store noun... 2a Brit a shop, especially a large one that is part of a chain • department store; b as adj • store detective; c in compounds • superstore; d N Amer, especially US a small grocery that often also sells a wide variety of other goods."82.39.188.161 22:58, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

I do regularly hear the word “store” used to refer to small shops or corner shops. This is prevalent in the media where I hear news announcers refer to village post offices as stores for example. In some cases such small units have business names incorporating the word “store” such as “Village Store”. I would suggest the following text be considered for incorporation into the document.

===Changing use of the term “Store” in the UK===

In the UK small retail outlets used to be referred to as shops. Since the Second World War many Americanisms have crept in to popular English usage such as the term “store”. It is now common to hear of the terms shop and store being used interchangeably, which may lead to confusion. Previously a store was solely a place of storage such as a warehouse rather than a retail outlet. The fire at the Hertfordshire Fuel Store (UK) in December 2005 was by neccestity referred to by the media as a Fuel Storage Depot so that it would not be confused with a retail outlet. It is curious that retail units may be referred to as stores when infact their rate of stock turn over means that there is little storage, restocking may occur on a daily basis from an off site actual storage warehouse. Furthermore retail webs sites may refer to themselves as stores when they do not actually store any items but merely source them and supply them to third parties.--ManInStone 10:13, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

I have just added back the section on the changing use of hte word "store" in the UK since no one provided any adverse comments to the suggested item above.--ManInStone (talk) 17:07, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Proposed merge of Bodeguita

Orig. section name by 207.134.0.58: - against the merge of the article -

the bogeguita del medio is an historical place for the cubans. its very popular there, and its also used in the movie miami vice.

• Bodeguita article should be merged with General store as they are essentially the same thing. Franamax (talk) 21:20, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

What is strange about Alfred Roberts?

I don't see anything strange about a man named Alfred Roberts having a daughter named Margaret Roberts. If this is some kind of inside joke, it should be explained or removed. Chris the speller (talk) 16:53, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Roberts is the maiden name of Margaret Thatcher and her father, a grocer, was named Alfred. Timrollpickering (talk) 01:20, 5 February 2009 (UTC)