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Shopping
July 11th, 2004 / #badgrammar, #complaints
I went grocery shopping with my ole chum Ian for my mother this weekend, and as we romped around the local Publix, I realized that there are a few strange words associated with shopping.
comments (3)Grocery – Since when did we pronounce the “c” as if it were an “sh?” I say (phonetically) “groshree,” but I can only assume it’s meant to be pronounced “groseree.”
Aisle – Who decided to put an “a” at the beginning of this word? I wasn’t called about it. They didn’t invite me to any U.N. vote on the subject. Did they just assume I would ignore the first letter and not pronounce it “a-iyle” because of the possible homonym clash with Gilligan?
Coupon – Some people pronounce it “coopon.” Others, “C-you-pon.” Me? I go with the former. But the inconsistency of dialect that coupons inspire is enough to irk me nonetheless.
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you were irked? nice…
My Rhetoric teacher, who commutes weekly from Iowa for some weird reason, used to blab on about the fact that using “10 items or less” was grammatically incorrect and he would boycott the stores that used those signs. Apparently it should be “10 items or fewer.” I wasn’t really paying attention, anytime I heard him bring up “supermarkets” I just zoned out and started questioning the purpose of Iowa.
Nice to know that I am regarded as a chum.