how to confuse a shop assistant...
Mar 15th 2007 | 7:31 am
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how to confuse a shop assistant...
(or customer experience associate as I'm sure the job title is)....
....pronounce everyday words the "British Way" - ie Pantene vs Panteeeene. I can't believe I've been here 3 years and still get it the wrong way round - does this mean advertising doesn't work - I'm buying the stuff, just don't know how to say it?
Anyway - thought of a few more I still haven't grasped properly:
I do prefer specialty to speciality though - much easier to say
....pronounce everyday words the "British Way" - ie Pantene vs Panteeeene. I can't believe I've been here 3 years and still get it the wrong way round - does this mean advertising doesn't work - I'm buying the stuff, just don't know how to say it?
Anyway - thought of a few more I still haven't grasped properly:
- Home Depot - Home Deeepot
- Aluminium - Aluminum
- Petrol - Gas
- Courgette - zuchini
- Coriander - cilantro
- Sweet potato - yams (they're a completely different veg!!!)
I do prefer specialty to speciality though - much easier to say
Mar 15th 2007 | 8:12 am
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Mar 15th 2007 | 8:14 am
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Re: how to confuse a shop assistant...
Try 'Fortnight' out on someone. Don't have a scooby. 
Mar 15th 2007 | 8:28 am
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Mar 15th 2007 | 8:30 am
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Mar 15th 2007 | 8:40 am
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Re: how to confuse a shop assistant...
Mar 15th 2007 | 8:43 am
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Re: how to confuse a shop assistant...
Around here it's never half past three, it's three thirty. I still offer kid's friends chips with their tea, no,no,no, it's fries with dinner! 
Mar 15th 2007 | 9:18 am
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Re: how to confuse a shop assistant...
Rubbish - garbage
Queue - line
Dustbin - trash can
Tarmac - Paving
Pavement - Sidewalk
If you're a bloke don't say you are wearing a jumper as over here that's a pinafore dress apparently........
Bread sauce - never heard of it
Parsnip - eh?
Queue - line
Dustbin - trash can
Tarmac - Paving
Pavement - Sidewalk
If you're a bloke don't say you are wearing a jumper as over here that's a pinafore dress apparently........
Bread sauce - never heard of it
Parsnip - eh?
Mar 15th 2007 | 9:43 am
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Re: how to confuse a shop assistant...
I asked a female colleague yesterday: "How's tricks?"
She stared very hard at me for a few seconds and then it dawned on her that I was not asking her how her prostitution business was going.
She stared very hard at me for a few seconds and then it dawned on her that I was not asking her how her prostitution business was going.
Mar 15th 2007 | 9:52 am
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Re: how to confuse a shop assistant...
Rubbish - garbage
Queue - line
Dustbin - trash can/garbage can
Tarmac - Paving/asphalt
Pavement - Sidewalk
If you're a bloke don't say you are wearing a jumper as over here that's a pinafore dress apparently........ Don't bother saying jumper period it's not a term that is used very often here unless you are talking about jumper cables to start a car with a dead battery.
Bread sauce - never heard of it/ with good reason I would guess.
Parsnip - eh?/
Parsnips readily available at most major grocery outlets
Queue - line
Dustbin - trash can/garbage can
Tarmac - Paving/asphalt
Pavement - Sidewalk
If you're a bloke don't say you are wearing a jumper as over here that's a pinafore dress apparently........
Don't bother saying jumper period it's not a term that is used very often here unless you are talking about jumper cables to start a car with a dead battery.Bread sauce - never heard of it/ with good reason I would guess.
Parsnip - eh?/
Parsnips readily available at most major grocery outlets
Mar 15th 2007 | 9:54 am
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Re: how to confuse a shop assistant...
IMHO you cannot eat roast turkey or chicken without bread sauce.......
clearly I'm going to have to look a little harder for the parsnips....
clearly I'm going to have to look a little harder for the parsnips....
