Friday, November 09, 2007

fake polite epidemic


If I had to pick one word that got quotationed (yes, I just made up that word) the most, it would be "please". I'm beginning to wonder if these sign-makers consider it slang for the older phrase, "if you please". Thanks, Kamm.
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5 comments:

  1. Minh Nguyễn9/11/07 11:32 AM

    “Auto carriers please. They just do. Now go unload, over to your right.”

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  2. Daniel McCullum9/11/07 4:30 PM

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  3. Randallrocks10/11/07 2:58 PM

    whooooo!!!!! I don't have to do it!

    ~Randallrocks
    http://randallrocksblog.blogspot.com/

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  4. Anonymous11/11/07 8:54 PM

    For Pete's sake, don't criticize punctuation until you learn how to put the period or comma INSIDE the quotation marks.

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  5. dguzman12/11/07 3:44 PM

    Your new word "quotationed" is a prime example of "verbing" (my word)--making nouns into verbs. I love it!

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