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Bn77 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Mickey D's

why people call MacDonald's Mickey D's?
  

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Bn77 W hy do people call MacDonald's Mickey D's? Mac is pronounced Mick. D is the first letter of Donald, so D's represents Donald's.

— CalifJim

  • Bn77 W hy do people call MacDonald's Mickey D's?
  • Mac is pronounced Mick.
  • D is the first letter of Donald, so D's represents Donald's.
  • Mickey comes from Mick.
  • ) I'm not sure if that's the sort of answer you were looking for.
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Bn77Why do people call MacDonald's Mickey D's?
Mac is pronounced Mick. D is the first letter of Donald, so D's represents Donald's. Mickey comes from Mick. (Mickey Mouse is another use of "Mickey".)

I'm not sure if that's the sort of answer you were looking for.
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It's McDonald's.

It's said "Mick Donalds."

Mickey is a nickname for Mick (which is actually a nickname for Michael).

Donalds is shortened to D's - and gets it's apostrophe back in writing.
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In California, at least, it sounds more like "make donalds" to me.
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