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Thread #57509   Message #906766
Posted By: Beccy
10-Mar-03 - 03:14 PM
Thread Name: BS: Nouns as Verbs: 'to summit Everest'
Subject: RE: BS: Nouns as Verbs: 'to summit Everest'
Call me Nero Wolfe if you must, but the oddities of language that irritate me are:

Futurecast (duh)
Newscast (ergh)
Stormcast (puhleeeeeeze)


Why does everything have to be made flashy or cute? Butchering of the language does not equal originality. I blame advertising. I'd like to share a little bit of what makes it onto our airwaves and print media around here. I will use their punctuation and spelling.

"Eatin' good. In the neighborhood." Applebee's
"Take pictures. Further." Kodak
"Once you pop, the fun don't stop." Pringles


I could continue, but I won't. I think the most distressing development is the tendency to use guillotine sentences in print advertising. They really should know better than to make a string of sentences that consist entirely of adjectives.

I'm done for now.

Beccy


Beccy