Elvery Sports now selling garden plants ?

Liam Byrne · 05-08-2010 08:27AM #1

Just heard an ad that said to head there to "buy tree items".

Does anyone vet ads anymore, between "Meedy-yor" and now this, it seems that you don't need to be able to speak in order to v/o an advert.

chughes · 05-08-2010 08:33AM

Similarly, I heard an ad on the radio recently which mentioned the Oliver St John Gogarty pub. The person reading this ad pronounced St John as Saint John rather than the proper pronounciation of this name.

PaddyBomb · 05-08-2010 08:37AM

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Just heard an ad that said to head there to "buy tree items".

Eh, I taught us Irish have always pronounced the number three like tree. You've only noticed?

And it gets us our hole on holidays aswell. So I'm not changing.

Minstrel27 · 05-08-2010 08:54AM

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Just heard an ad that said to head there to "buy tree items".

Does anyone vet ads anymore, between "Meedy-yor" and now this, it seems that you don't need to be able to speak in order to v/o an advert.

Any mention of the prices is Euros?

Run_to_da_hills · 05-08-2010 09:03AM

Our local church is now doing vegitables, last week someone died and there was a large turnup at the service.

deisedevil · 05-08-2010 09:18AM

Turty tree and a turd!

fakearms123 · 05-08-2010 09:21AM

Do you know what else is crazy, Elvery Sports sells women's clothing! WOMEN SPORTS! Oh my God that is hilarious! What kind of women sports clothing is there besides from runners to get them around the kitchen quicker, am I right! Am I right lads?!

Hells Belle · 05-08-2010 09:39AM

chughes wrote: »

Similarly, I heard an ad on the radio recently which mentioned the Oliver St John Gogarty pub. The person reading this ad pronounced St John as Saint John rather than the proper pronouniation of this name.

How is it pronounced then

Bloody Nipples · 05-08-2010 09:50AM

Sin-gee-uhn. Seriously.

Bloody Nipples · 05-08-2010 09:53AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_John_%28surname%29

KevinVonSpiel · 05-08-2010 09:53AM

chughes wrote: »

Similarly, I heard an ad on the radio recently which mentioned the Oliver St John Gogarty pub. The person reading this ad pronounced St John as Saint John rather than the proper pronouniation of this name.

I made this mistake consistently for years, then again I used to pronounce pronunciation as pronounciation... they should just call it Buck Mulligan's.

Hells Belle · 05-08-2010 10:34AM

Bloody Nipples wrote: »

Sin-gee-uhn. Seriously.

I always thought only gay/english people said it like that

sbsquarepants · 05-08-2010 10:45AM

chughes wrote: »

Similarly, I heard an ad on the radio recently which mentioned the Oliver St John Gogarty pub. The person reading this ad pronounced St John as Saint John rather than the proper pronouniation of this name.

Everybody in Dublin, where the pub is, pronounces it as Saint John, therefore i would argue it IS the correct pronounciation, pronounciations do change over time and from place to place, thats how language evolves.

mikom · 05-08-2010 11:04AM

“Dere's more to Oireland dan dis.”

mathie · 05-08-2010 11:20AM

PaddyBomb wrote: »

And it gets us our hole on holidays aswell. So I'm not changing.

Was he any good Paddy?

chughes · 05-08-2010 07:00PM

sbsquarepants wrote: »

Everybody in Dublin, where the pub is, pronounces it as Saint John, therefore i would argue it IS the correct pronounciation, pronounciations do change over time and from place to place, thats how language evolves.

I've always known the pronunciation as Sinjin because my older brother has a friend with that name. In relation to the person Oliver St John Gogarty, I can remember learning about him during English for the Leaving Cert. Our teacher also pronounced it as Sinjin.

While you would argue that because everybody in Dublin, where the pub is, pronounces it as Saint John, I would argue that all these people are mispronouncing it. It's an understandable error as it's a very unusual name and if you haven't heard it before, you would naturally pronounce it as it looks. The link in the above post to Wikipedia is an excellant explanation of the name.

Millicent · 05-08-2010 07:05PM

Marty Whelan keeps saying "millonaire" in the new Tesco clubcard ad. It's driving me insane! There are two i's in millionaire dammit!

ElaElaElano · 05-08-2010 07:20PM

This is OwenC's dream thread. He's been waiting for this one.

What drives me fúcking ballistic is the McDonald's ad with the posh lad, y'know the one- 'how bout an apple tort, when you're on the dort'.

m@cc@ · 05-08-2010 07:27PM

Liam Byrne wrote: »

it seems that you don't need to be able to speak in order to v/o an advert.

So a local dialect now qualifies as being mute?

eoin5 · 05-08-2010 08:55PM

Meh, if you can understand it then why care. Maybe all ads could be done in jive mothafcuka!

CorsetIsTight · 05-08-2010 09:02PM

Millicent wrote: »

Marty Whelan keeps saying "millonaire" in the new Tesco clubcard ad. It's driving me insane! There are two i's in millionaire dammit!

Three actually.

Millicent · 05-08-2010 09:21PM

CorsetIsTight wrote: »

Three actually.

Dammit! Looks like my English degree is getting good use! *hangs head in shame*

HavingCrack · 05-08-2010 10:25PM

Paul Reyonolds, OARRRRRRRRRRRRR T E news.

Elvery Sports now selling garden plants ?

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