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Langrage
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Grumpy old man question
Why do marketers these days seem to think that decadence is a good thing?
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Proof that Aussies know about as much about apostrophes as New Zealanders do.
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Northlands Pak 'n Save know the difference between less and fewer.
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Self Service at New World
I went to New World to get an item and since I don't like people I chose to go to the self checkout. When I finished the machine said:
"Thankyou for shopping New World"
What does that even mean?
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Kudos Northlands PAK'nSAVE
Originally posted on Blogger on 22 August 2009
I was in Northlands PAK'nSAVE purchasing some essential supplies and noticed that the signs on the self checkout lines say "12 Items or Fewer". Only days after criticising Countdown for getting it wrong I find a literate supermarket operator. It is a bit strange because the Riccarton PAK'nSAVE has an incorrect sign on their aisles. I foolishly left my phone in the car so unfortunately I don't have a photo.
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Spotted while walking through Riccarton
Originally posted on Blogger on 11 August 2009
On Riccarton Road, the Trendz Motel is across the road from a block of flats. Now, if I was the flat owner, I'd be on the phone to five-o cos those sneaky tricksters from Trendz have pinched my apostrophe for their sign!
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Countdown - shop smarter?
Originally posted on Blogger on 11 August 2009
Not so smart when they don't know the difference between less and fewer. Just in case someone from Progressive Enterprises reads this, if you can count the individual items then the word to use is fewer.
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Why do companies have to change perfectly good terminology?
Something that has really been bugging me recently is when companies or industries use there own terms for things that we already have a perfectly well known and accepted term to use. Let me clarify what I mean with some examples.
Maybe I'm hungry and go down to the supermarket to buy some eggs for lunch. I look around for a trolley but all I can see is signs referring to trundlers.
If I'm cooking my eggs and set my kitchen on fire, I ring 111 and hope that the fire brigade will come in their fire engine. But what will probably happen is that the fire service will arrive in their appliance.
In order to make the 111 call I might need to pull out my cell phone. But according to Vodafone, Telecom et al it is now called a handset.
Once the insurance has paid out for my fire I think I'll go down the local branch of my bank to talk to them about the financial implications. But apparently I actually need to go to one of their stores.
What is going on here?
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