Language & Grammar discussion

Advertising literature....believe it or not, there are copywriters (frustrated novelists?) wgho construct some prose bordering on shades of mauve....get this!
"Your dog used to be so good at sharing. Things changed shortly after Mungo & Maud's dog fragrance, "Petite Amande" was brought home. Maybe it is the delicate notes of French blackcurrant, Tunisian neroli, mimosa and violet leaf? Or the base of sweet vanilla bourbon with a little almond that has made your dog so possessive. It doesn't seem fair... You just wanted a spritz. All ingredients have been carefully chosen and are of the highest quality. For humans too. Spray lightly onto coat. 50ml."

Here is the link to read more....get a load of the clothing section!!
http://www.mungoandmaud.com/store/

Any other examples people....?

Taking of the hard sell... here in Barka there is a fresh chicken emporium advertising itself as 'Sale of chicken murder'. I have the pix to prove it!... If I knew how to upload pictures.. or anyone can tell me how I will do it!

Thinking about this (and I'm in advertising and media somehow), whatever happened to English 'pub grub'... i.e. Bangers and Mash. Now it is on menus as purée of creamed potatoes etc. etc....... of course the sausages are no longer 'bangers' either!

I don't read much advertising copy, personally. I'm an ad agency's nightmare.

Yes Gabi led me to photobucket. It works.

Quite a bending of the language, too--if it "sticks."

A seeming love of nominal constructions:

"moisten" --> "moisturize" --> "moisturizer."

And on . . . and on . . . and on . . .

Gabi/Carol.... thanks! Hopefully this works....
http://s577.photobucket.com/albums/ss...

Hey, R.a. (not sure if you've advertised in these parts before).

Nominal constructions? I've been around construction sites, but none of those sorts!

Just quoted some local Gulf advertising howlers on http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/3...

Harvey wrote: "Gabi/Carol.... thanks! Hopefully this works....
http://s577.photobucket.com/albums/ss..."

(This was the "Sale of Chicken Murder")

I would have used the phrase; "Fresh chicken" myself!

Harvey next time copy the html code and paste it here . the above post is what is suppose to happen.

There's an ad that runs on an LA station (1070 am, Carol) for a plumber. A woman saying, "Why can't a plumber just tell me how much it will cost to unplug my drain over the phone?"

I'd sure like to get in touch with a plumber who can do that kind of long distance work.

To get an image here, Harvey, you have to link to it from someplace on the net. Use the following setup:

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One day the brain will work! I love you all!

Ruth , my husband and I laugh every time we hear that. We want that plumber also.

I'll take up plumbing!!!! LOL

No more cracks out of you!

Hi folks!

"I coulda been a plumber!"

Probably would have made more money also.

...takes the lead...

Drains your resources...

...and makes you plumb tuckered out.

Oh put a plug in it!!!

No cracks, leaks or bad smell. This is the go to guy. Plus he can unplug your drains over the phone. I wish you all could hear the commercial.



http://www.mikediamondservices.com/

He advertises himself as the "smell-good plumber."

Makes me laugh. We actually stopped calling a plumbing company where we used to live. The guy who came always stunk up the house with old sweat and old tobacco.

For our camp, I'm looking into compost toilets. Don't tell the Good Wyfe, though. It's our secret, y'hear?

This isn't exactly advertising, but it is in a photo of a newspaper. Been making the rounds on Facebook.

"Republicans Turned off by Size of Obama's Package."

hee hee

Just came across this today.

SYDNEY (April 18) -- An Australian publisher is reprinting 7,000 cookbooks over a recipe for pasta with "salt and freshly ground black people."

Oops.

How can I laugh in a PC way? Oh.....help......hahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!

Pulp fiction?

Apparently it is true. It was a cookbook who had a lousy editor .

Thank God..... not me!

I have tried to duplicate it. I can see the peop,but e and r are no where near l and e in the sequence of things.

Confucius say,
"If you are in a book store and cannot find the book for which you search, you are obviously in the.....

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Carol (Kitty) wrote: "Apparently it is true. It was a cookbook who had a lousy editor ."

It was a recipe for disaster.

I am totally out of the loop and the poop. LOL

We got that as a news item when it occured. I thought it was very funny. I bet they must have saved a few from getting pulped. Were any issued for sale? They must be worth a fortune being first editions :o)

Taking of the hard sell... here in Barka there is a fresh chicken emporium advertising itself as 'Sale of chicken murder'. I have the pix to prove it!... If I knew how to upload pictures.. or anyone can tell me how I will do it!

Certainly hope those cluckers are dead! Would hate to go through an Eraserhead experience live.

I can`t think of what could be more horrifying than a menstruating dead chicken on a dinner plate, a wormlike baby screeching hours at a time, or a chanteuse on stage with worms dropping by her feet.

I would like to erase those images from my thoughts but then I might just end up like the title character.