For Mikey444 (And Others Who Value The English Language)

[Buenchico]

Mikey bemoaned the poor use of English by a single Tesco employee
( http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/ChatterBank/Question1468296.html )
but I wonder if anyone else here has noticed that every Morrison's store in the country has an 'employee' who doesn't know the difference between 'accepted' and 'excepted'?

I'm referring to the self-service tills where, when you scan your loyalty card, a recorded woman's voice helpfully tells you "Match and More Card excepted".

Grrr!!!

[cupid04]

Would never happen in Waitrose...

[Buenchico]

Yes, Cupid.

I really must get back into the habit of only buying from Waitrose, Fortnum's and Harrod's ;-)

[shoota]

What about Rigby and Peller?
Don't forget them....

[Buenchico]

I can't find my size, Shoota!
http://www.rigbyandpeller.co.uk

;-)

[shoota]

I once had a 'fender bender' bump whilst gazing at their London store window display....

[Buenchico]

Oh, so you're that guy who rides up and down the escalators for hours at Oxford Circus underground station, ogling the lingerie ads, then?

[shoota]

I went down the tube years ago...

[Buenchico]

Snap!

[Cloverjo]

My local Morrissons has closed and I hate using those self-service tills anyway.
I do get annoyed by people not knowing the difference between those two words, though.

[Buenchico]

I usually prefer self-service tills to the staffed ones but that doesn't prevent me from being annoyed every time I hear that announcement.

My own diction might be less than perfect at times but I hope that, if I was ever to be asked to record something to be used thousands of times every day across the whole country, I'd take care to get it right! (I'd also hope that those who were paying for the recording would take the trouble to check it!)

[1ozzy]

They shouldn't have hired Emma Chissit to make the recordings.

[Buenchico]

LOL @ 1ozzy . . .

. . . but I have to admit that I needed to use google before spotting the obvious ;-)

http://australia101.com/strine

[1ozzy]

Gave you something to do in the wee hours ;-)

Hope you are well Chris.

[seekeerz]

Watchit youse...no slagging off my native tongue !!

[Buenchico]

Greetings to our antipodean cousins.

Yes, I'm fine thank you, 1ozzy (and you too, I hope, Seekerz, of course!)

We don't *** off your native tongue, Seekerz; we celebrate it!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-27888329
;-)

Anyway, I'm off to bed now, folks so I'll wish you both good night (or good something anyway!)

[vetuste_ennemi]

What evidence do you have that Mikey "values" the English language? Do you have have examples from Mikey's usage of it?

[seekeerz]

Sleep well Chris x

[1ozzy]

Ger bye Chris.

[waterboatman]

Many stores make the same error on the quick service till. A sing saying 'Three items or less'. It should, of course, be 'Three items or fewer'.

[mikey4444]

There used to be a large A-frame sign outside the filling station in a now-extinct service area on the A40 near Monmouth, that proudly said ::::

" All Major cards excepted ! "

When I asked why they didn't take any cards at the station, it took me some
time to explain. But months later, the sign was still there !