What are your least favourite words? - Page 3

xoxoxoBruce · 10-05-2010, 12:06 AM

favourite

footfootfoot · 10-05-2010, 09:01 AM

An advertiser I have to deal with occasionally has a persistent habit of using "array" incorrectly and it really gets up my nose. She should be using "assortment" or "selection"

As in "We offer a wide selection of soups" rather than "We offer a wide array of soups" (Maybe to go with their phalanx of sanwiches)

Shawnee123 · 10-05-2010, 09:23 AM

Heh...I have a friend who says she was all "misconstrued" at work. No, she wasn't misunderstood, she was exasperated.

monster · 10-05-2010, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot

An advertiser I have to deal with occasionally has a persistent habit of using "array" incorrectly and it really gets up my nose. She should be using "assortment" or "selection"

As in "We offer a wide selection of soups" rather than "We offer a wide array of soups" (Maybe to go with their phalanx of sanwiches)

Do you think their business is impacted by that?

Or perhaps there's more to it than you think? Maybe each soup's position on the menu is dictated by their spiciness and calorific content?

Shawnee123 · 10-05-2010, 11:34 AM

Everybody loves arrayment.

footfootfoot · 10-05-2010, 11:44 AM

ouch, Shawnee, that's gonna leave a mark.

Monster, As far as I can tell the soups are not even narrowly arrayed, I'm pretty sure they are all stacked in rubbermade containers in the fridge waiting to be taken out and heated upon demand. Or possibly on command. But who can be ensured?

Happy Monkey · 10-05-2010, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

I can't think of any for myself at the moment, but I hear "moist" is pretty unpopular.

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

Even when applied to Brownies?

Not sure, but in the first hit in this Google search, one person does make an exception for cake.

monster · 10-05-2010, 11:49 AM

Yebbut, they offer the soups on the menu :p

Do you think I'm getting a little effected here?

Shawnee, go to your room and think about what you just said. No toys.

monster · 10-05-2010, 11:50 AM

puerile

footfootfoot · 10-05-2010, 11:53 AM

Ahhh, I think I see. Maybe they are offering soups which are widely arrayed for you after you order them.

"Yes, I'd like the soups, widely arrayed, for starters..."

monster · 10-05-2010, 11:58 AM

I'll take the column three, row two.....

Shawnee123 · 10-07-2010, 03:05 PM

comptroller

Somebody made that shit up.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-07-2010, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot

As in "We offer a wide selection of soups" rather than "We offer a wide array of soups" (Maybe to go with their phalanx of sanwiches)

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Originally Posted by monster

Or perhaps there's more to it than you think?

If they say selection, the message is select which ones you want.
If they say array, the message is you gotta buy them all, or you fail.

10-05-2010, 12:06 AM	#31
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10-05-2010, 09:01 AM	#32
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	An advertiser I have to deal with occasionally has a persistent habit of using "array" incorrectly and it really gets up my nose. She should be using "assortment" or "selection" As in "We offer a wide selection of soups" rather than "We offer a wide array of soups" (Maybe to go with their phalanx of sanwiches) __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

10-05-2010, 09:23 AM	#33
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Heh...I have a friend who says she was all "misconstrued" at work. No, she wasn't misunderstood, she was exasperated. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

10-05-2010, 11:34 AM	#35
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Everybody loves arrayment. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

10-05-2010, 11:44 AM	#36
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	ouch, Shawnee, that's gonna leave a mark. Monster, As far as I can tell the soups are not even narrowly arrayed, I'm pretty sure they are all stacked in rubbermade containers in the fridge waiting to be taken out and heated upon demand. Or possibly on command. But who can be ensured? __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

10-05-2010, 11:49 AM	#38
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Yebbut, they offer the soups on the menu :p Do you think I'm getting a little effected here? Shawnee, go to your room and think about what you just said. No toys. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-05-2010, 11:50 AM	#39
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	puerile __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-05-2010, 11:53 AM	#40
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Ahhh, I think I see. Maybe they are offering soups which are widely arrayed for you after you order them. "Yes, I'd like the soups, widely arrayed, for starters..." __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

10-05-2010, 11:58 AM	#41
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I'll take the column three, row two..... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-07-2010, 03:05 PM	#42
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	comptroller Somebody made that shit up. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

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