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Old Posted Sep 22, 2021, 3:57 PM
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Originally Posted by das18 View Post
Of course if they dropped the "The" then you could look at the name as being an adjective (definition: sound and usable but not of top quality). This actually makes more sense lol.
It's always confused me b/c The Standard is a world famous hotel brand. It'd be like naming a new building The Waldorf - but without any association whatsoever with the existing entity.