Thursday, 14 February 2008

Grammar Terrorism in action at your local supermarket

This sign, word for word and space for space, was hanging in the fruit and veg section at a supermarket this morning.


Dear Customers:
We would like to inform you that there is an apple shortage so inturn the price of all apples and pears have sky rocked up. There is about a 4 week gap un till any new seasons apples come in. And importing apples from over east is prohibited cause of quarantine laws.
Regards,
IGA Hamilton Hill Management
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5 comments:

  1. Anonymous14 February 2008 at 5:47 pm

    Obviously english is not a high criteria for IGA management.

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  2. Dave15 February 2008 at 7:48 am

    I didn't want to say it, but we were all thinking it...

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  3. shiny15 February 2008 at 7:49 am

    Those fuckers.

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  4. Jessica16 February 2008 at 4:06 am

    Dang. That's messed up.

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  5. Dave19 February 2008 at 3:56 pm

    By "over east" I wonder if they meant New Zealand. We are still battling to get access to Australia with our apples. - Dave

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