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In article <barmar-AB2513.02151631052014@news.eternal-september.org>,
Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> In article <300520140952281805%timstreater@greenbee.net>,
>  Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:
> > In article <barmar-00829D.19380229052014@news.eternal-september.org>,
> > Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> > > In article <290520141649349349%timstreater@greenbee.net>,
> > >  Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > I don't think we have any of these (well there is Asda, owned by
> > > > Wal-Mart, but that's just a supermarket).
> > > 
> > > How parochial are you? Do you only know about things that are in your 
> > > backyard? You don't watch or read news? Wal-Mart is the world's biggest 
> > > retailer, they have the largest workforce outside the government.
> > 
> > Why should I read any news about a foreign company like Wal-Mart?
> > Except perhaps when they take over one of our supermarket chains.
> 
> Your foreignness probably also explains not recognizing the term 
> "big-box store". It's probably an American idiom. Even in other 
> countries that have similar (or the same) stores, they probably don't 
> use the same term for them.

Most places don't have enough different brands to give them an overall
them. I did see the term "hypermarket" used to describe them when I was
reading something online today.

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  Re: Apple is buying Beats after alll Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-05-28 21:58 +0100
    Re: Apple is buying Beats after alll Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-05-29 09:34 +1200
      Re: Apple is buying Beats after alll John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2014-05-28 14:57 -0700
        Re: Apple is buying Beats after alll Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-05-29 14:49 +0100
          Re: Apple is buying Beats after alll Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2014-05-29 10:31 -0400
            Re: Apple is buying Beats after alll Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-05-29 16:49 +0100
              Re: Apple is buying Beats after alll Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2014-05-29 19:38 -0400
                Re: Apple is buying Beats after alll Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-05-30 13:31 +1200
                Re: Apple is buying Beats after alll Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-05-30 09:52 +0100
                Re: Apple is buying Beats after alll Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2014-05-30 10:23 -0400
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                Re: Apple is buying Beats after alll Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-05-30 22:41 +0100
                Re: Apple is buying Beats after alll Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-05-31 06:52 +0000
                Re: Apple is buying Beats after alll Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2014-05-31 02:15 -0400
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