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by whoooooo123
1358 days ago
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There's a chain of Mexican restaurants in the UK called "El Mexicana" which, as anyone who's studied Spanish for more than 10 seconds knows, is wrong: it should be "El Mexicano" or "La Mexicana". ("Lo Mexicano" would work too, come to think of it.) The mistake is so obvious that it can only be deliberate. I guess it's supposed to be endearing or cute? To my mind it's just grating and annoying and makes me not want to eat there. (An alternative hypothesis is that the grammatically invalid name is a marketing gimmick designed to get people talking about the company. Looks like it's working.) https://www.elmexicana.co.uk/ |
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El Mexicana is (I think) a brand they use for Extra service stations. They tried to branch into restaurants under the name "Cocina" and had I think 4-5 locations pre-COVID and now have just one, I am guessing down to the lockdowns and associated investor panic rather than the quality of the restaurants.