Oh yes, Costco, Sam's, Walmart, Home Depot, Sears, and dozens of fast food joints that would sound familiar. The global economy, eh? Costco is the most useful of them for me, good dog beds and huge bags of kitty litter are my staples! The pronunciation of them is sometimes amusing for an American, Sears is Say-Ars and Walmart is Gwal-mar and who can resist Booger-keen