Selling non-movement

Posted on February 10, 2007
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This local newsagent sells Stationary, great!

Here is where it all began. At least five years ago now, I wandered into my local newsagent, to point out that the sign out front was wrong. Result? Blank looks from the staff.

Perhaps if they spelt stationery correctly, people like me would frequent their shop. Perhaps their business would be moving forwards, not standing still. Perhaps not.

Comments

5 Responses to “Selling non-movement”

  1. alt on March 7th, 2007 8:04 am

    “Stationary”? Looks perfect to me. Google gives 38 million results for that word.

  2. admin on March 7th, 2007 11:53 am

    Sorry, I should have been less cryptic in my post. Stationary means to stand still, stationery is the product of paper and pens and the like.

    They were trying for the second option, not the former.

  3. alt on March 8th, 2007 7:43 am

    Haha! I stand corrected then. Funny. :)

  4. sam on July 12th, 2007 11:50 am

    Not to be pedantic Miles, but if you’d spelt “their” correctly maybe they’d be more inclined to believe your judgement on spelling :)

    “Perhaps thier business would be moving forwards, not standing still. Perhaps not.”

    Fabulous site by the way!

  5. admin on July 12th, 2007 1:35 pm

    Great work Sam, and thanks for that. I am happy to take the blame indeed, and I am opening myself for this critique by posting such a criticism. Glad you like the site, typos and all! :)

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