Most people are too young to remember an ad campaign run by RJ Reynolds that touted the flavor of Winston cigarettes with the jingle “Winston tastes good, like a cigarette should”. In the ad, the announcer corrects the grammar to “Winston tastes good, as a cigarette should”, but then a jingle comes in with the the incorrect grammar again. It ran for a long time.
Think about that, an ad with grammar as the focus. Today, it seems, we don’t know the difference.
A while back, I was following this beer truck. “Traffic. If only it were as light as your beer.” Well, traffic were real heavy that day. If I would have known traffic were going to be that bad, I might have stayed in bed wondering who proof reads these things.
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ReplyDeleteIt is said the English language is one of the most difficult to learn; however if one can read, learning to spell correctly doesn't necessarily apply; as.....
"it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny ipromtnt tihing is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcauseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Pettry azanmig eh?"
-Brenda-
Speaking of proof reading it shud have read 'bcuseae'. (Did you catch it?) -Brenda-
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ReplyDeleteBrilliant! No I didn't catch it. And, how did you do that?
To answer your question: I did it v-e-rrrrry
ReplyDeletes--l---o---------w---l-y and still made a mistake. Speaking 'Pig Latin' is much easier.
Are you familar with it? -Brenda-
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