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Thread #93134   Message #1788727
Posted By: melodeonboy
20-Jul-06 - 08:11 PM
Thread Name: BS: 'Inappropriate' and 'hopefully'
Subject: RE: BS: 'Inappropriate' and 'hopefully'
Sorry to be so derivative, but I did enjoy the leader of the boy band in one of the Harry Enfield series who came out with "Er.. we write what we like, right?..and we like what we write, like, right?". I remember being in Blockbusters some time ago and hearing a lad*/oik* (delete as appropriate) presenting a Blockbusters card to the cashier and saying "It's like my mum's card", at which point I was seriously tempted to ask him whose card it actually was.

Let us also not forget the wonderful column in Private Eye called Solutions. My latest experience of the misuse of the word "solutions" was in Sittingbourne Post Office where the envelopes on sale are now described as "mailing solutions"!

Oh, before I forget, what about the silly slogan "Maidstone - great to visit, great to shop" as used by Maidstone Council. I'm sure I can visit Maidstone, having already done so umpteen times, but I'm not sure if I can shop Maidstone! Wouldn't the preposition "in" after the word "shop" make more sense, even if it sounds a little cumbersome?

And let's not mention "logistics" or I'll really get on my soap box!