589 - The "Ruth's Chris" Apostrophe. Thingamajigs.

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

Mignon Fogarty, Inc.

Society & Culture, Education

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🗓️ 5 October 2017

⏱️ 11 minutes

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This week, I talk about what's up with the weird apostrophe in "Ruth's Chris Steak House" and where we get placeholder names like "thingamajig" and "doohickey." FOLLOW GRAMMAR GIRL Twitter: http://twitter.com/grammargirl Facebook: http://facebook.com/grammargirl Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/realgrammargirl Instagram: http://instagram.com/thegrammargirl LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/grammar-girl GRAMMAR POP Optimized for iPad: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/grammar-pop-hd/id666851934?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4 For all iOS Devices: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/grammar-pop-hd/id666851934?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4 GRAMMAR GIRL BOOKS http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-girl-book-page THE GRAMMAR DAILY 2018 CALENDAR http://amzn.to/2f8jPDG SPONSORS http://magoosh.com offer code: GRAMMAR http://barkbox.com/grammar Grammar Girl is part of the Quick and Dirty Tips podcast network. Check out all the Quick and Dirty Tips shows: www.quickanddirtytips.com/podcasts

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0:00.0	This week I have a tidbit about Ruth's Chris stay-couse and Carl's Jr. and a meaty
0:13.7	middle about thingamajigs, do-hikis, and wetchamacolids.
0:18.2	But first a big thank you, last week grammar girl won best education podcast in the podcast
0:23.8	awards.
0:25.0	So thank you to everyone who nominated the show.
0:28.0	Your girl is my full-time job again now and the only reason I can have this a weird,
0:33.2	wonderful job that I never even could have dreamed of as a child is because of all you
0:38.4	listeners who support the show.
0:40.8	So let's get to it, Guardians of the Grammarie.
0:43.9	Mike wrote in with a question that I've always wondered about too.
0:47.6	What's up with the apostrophe in Ruth's Chris stay-couse?
0:52.4	It seems like a really weird name, like it should be Ruth Chris's stay-couse.
0:56.8	Fortunately, the company has the story on its website and after you hear it, it'll
1:01.4	make sense.
1:03.6	There really was a Ruth and her name was Ruth Fertl.
1:07.5	In 1965, she bought a stay-couse in New Orleans called Chris stay-couse.
1:13.8	And she ran the restaurant for many years, turning it into a huge local success according
1:17.7	to the website.
1:19.6	But in 1976, a kitchen fire destroyed the restaurant.
1:25.1	And for some reason, the terms of the sale when she bought the restaurant wouldn't let
1:30.0	her open a new restaurant in another location with the name Chris stay-couse.
1:36.2	But she needed to move to stay in business after the fire.
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