Why is a shop called a shop?

[ltlvt]

Here is a copy and paste of what AI called a shop. Now I understand why folks in Australia call it a Shed. From now on I am revolting against this improper use of the English language. I will from here on refer to my ____ as My Playground.

"Shop" is a modern term commonly used to describe a place where goods or services are sold. "Shoppe" is an archaic spelling often used to evoke a quaint, old-world feel, although both essentially mean the same thing.

 

[RaisedByWolves]

I refer to my basement shop as The Dungeon.

 

[projectnut]

In this case the word "shop" is primarily a verb. It's what you have to do on a daily basis to keep enough materials and tools in stock to complete the jobs at hand. In many cases it's also a noun denoting the fact that goods are serviced regularly, i.e. repaired, and on many occasions sold.

Call it what you like. To me the word "shop" pretty much covers all aspects of the activates that take place between the walls. It's all a game of semantics. For the record my wife refers to it as the "money pit".

 

[GrifterGuru]

Depending where you are from, "Shop" is often a short-hand version of "Workshop", itself a joining of two words "work" and "Shop", denoting a place where work is carried out to produce goods to be sold..

Another example (which I dislike) is "rents" as a shorthand for "Parents" or "its in the rage" meaning "in the garage" (NOT Gar-arrge).

Also, it is Jag-you-ah not "Jagwaaar"

Shop in the proper sense is a space dedicated to the selling of goods / provision of services.

The english language is all fine and good until it gets beat to hell, changed about and mixed up and then spat out as "English" when it is actually a divergant facsimile with little in common with the original language.

Oh, btw, " a boot" is something you wear on your foot, the word you need is "about"

Yes, I am poking fun, but only in a lighthearted playful way

 

[FOMOGO]

The wife refers to my "Place of Joy" as the " The Barn". Being originally from southern WI I have informed her it is properly "Da Barn". Mike

 

[Deleted member 69715]

Here I call it "Mine".

 

[pontiac428]

I call it a shop when talking to others. I call it "puram" from Hindu when I'm talking to myself.

 

[Eddyde]

Shop as applied to working environment is a truncation of "Workshop". I just think of it as the amusement center, both fun-house or horror-house, depending on the task at hand...

 

[mmcmdl]

I refer to my basement shop as The Dungeon.

Same here . Not sure what to call the garage other than a " Work in Progress " .

 

[ltlvt]

Depending where you are from, "Shop" is often a short-hand version of "Workshop", itself a joining of two words "work" and "Shop", denoting a place where work is carried out to produce goods to be sold..

Another example (which I dislike) is "rents" as a shorthand for "Parents" or "its in the rage" meaning "in the garage" (NOT Gar-arrge).

Also, it is Jag-you-ah not "Jagwaaar"

Shop in the proper sense is a space dedicated to the selling of goods / provision of services.

The english language is all fine and good until it gets beat to hell, changed about and mixed up and then spat out as "English" when it is actually a divergant facsimile with little in common with the original language.

Oh, btw, " a boot" is something you wear on your foot, the word you need is "about"

Yes, I am poking fun, but only in a lighthearted playful way

It must take you several weeks to FART ! LOL