McDonalds.

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It's McDonalds. Not MacDonalds. Has always been McDonalds as far as I can tell. Everyone calls it McDonalds. Except on Mumsnet. Why? And AIBU for finding it absolutely infuriating? It is one of the biggest brands in the world and whether or not you eat there surely it's not that difficult so spell it correctly?

We call it Mickey D’s. I’m surprised not to have seen that one so far.

It's maccy d's

But it's maccy dees.

I wonder why it's a 'Big Mac' rather than a 'Big Mc'?

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Given that it's a brand much more readily-identifiable by its 'M'/'Golden Arches' logo than its full name, I don't think you'd have to be a 'thicko' to misspell it 'MacDonald's', no 🙄 The popular nursery song happens to be 'Old MacDonald' but I wouldn't have a conniption fit if someone mistakenly thought it was the virtually identical (especially when spoken) 'Old McDonald'. That sort of thing isn't where I draw the 'thicko' line, weirdly. I know where is . . .

It's called a 'Big Mac' or 'Maccy D's' because it's expedient to insert a vowel for pronunciation and marketing reasons, obviously.

Possibly 'Mickey Ds' is a corruption of the 'Mc', which acknowledges the absence of an 'a'.

But actually, if you'd ask someone who'd never encountered the chain to supply a guess at the Scottish-sounding name of a burger restaurant whose biggest seller is the 'Big Mac', they'd surely be more likely to say 'MacDonald's' and not 'McDonald's'.

There. I think I've overthought that enough.

@maras2

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Not somewhere you tend to hang out then.

When DS1 was little he pronounced it Fatdonalds so that’s what we call it now

@maras2

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*Pedant's Corner

You’re all wrong it’s big mac donnie doogles.

It's actually McDonald's.

@BeefSupreme No it's Pedants' Corner

[quote EvenPhilip]@BeefSupreme No it's Pedants' Corner [/quote]
You beat me to it but added a missing comma (or semi-colon) after 'No' and missing full-stop after 'Corner'.

TAAT?

In Glasgow Asda is called...The Asda.

As though it's the Taj Mahal or something.

It wasn't about full stops and commas though.

@EvenPhilip

It wasn't about full stops and commas though.

Sorry, my mistake. Was it just about apostrophes then?

@MintyFreshBreath

TAAT?

TAASSIMCOMT

Thread about a spelling seen in multiple comments on multiple threads rather than TAAT I'd say

We call it ' macca da don dons' in our gaf!

🤣

FatFred Yes

But yeah ... it is McDonald's BUT, hands up, we also incorrectly call it MacDonalds ....

Dunno why. Sounds less harsh. As silly as that sounds 🤣

Well my DS4 calls it oldMacdonald

But actually, if you'd ask someone who'd never encountered the chain to supply a guess at the Scottish-sounding name of a burger restaurant whose biggest seller is the 'Big Mac', they'd surely be more likely to say 'MacDonald's' and not 'McDonald's'.

Actually, as a Scottish person, if I hear a Mc/Mac name and would need to know the spelling, I’d ask is it Mac or Mc.

Cool. Not really what I said.

No. I hate Asdas etc in the same way.