This sticker was on a box of wine stoppers that Meredith bought at Meijer. We agree that the wording here is better than the quotation marks, maybe the QMs are there to indicate that the sticker printers didn't think it was well-worded either.
Sadly, December Home is accurate. Corporate has enough spelling problems, as evidenced by our Fire Greats, Crammit macaroni, and Snopy Dogho (Snoopy's Doghouse) signage.
Hmmm. Clearly, English is the second language here. Or perhaps the third...
ReplyDeleteoh your heading made me laugh and laugh.
ReplyDeleteall your base are belong to us.
ReplyDeleteoooh.....Meijer..... Those people have no idea how good they've got it.
ReplyDeleteI know, Steph. I miss Meijer.
ReplyDeleteUmmmm, I think it's pretty obvious that this is their slogan!
ReplyDeletereading that makes me think that December Home isn't some quaint, poetic name, but in fact some major mistranslation.
ReplyDeleteSadly, December Home is accurate. Corporate has enough spelling problems, as evidenced by our Fire Greats, Crammit macaroni, and Snopy Dogho (Snoopy's Doghouse) signage.
ReplyDeleteSnopy Dogho!? HA HA HA HA HA! Engrish, for sure.
ReplyDeletei'm intrigued anon 6:50! do you work for this company? what were Fire Greats and Crammit Macaroni supposed to be??
ReplyDeleteHey, I didn't pull the snowflake! Not hardly!
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