Girl: my contacts are sooo annoying, they’re itchy, dry, and uncomfortable; I can’t wait to take 'em out, throw them away, and never see 'em again
Announcer: Know the feeling? Get the contacts you’ve got to see to believe; Acuvue Oasis brand contact lenses — feel how HydroclearPlus keep your eyes exceptionally comfortable all day long.
Girl: It feels like it disappeared on my eye.
Announcer: discover why it’s the brand eye doctors trust most for comfort, and if you’re not 100 percent satisfied, get your money back guaranteed.
Girl: Are they hun, because I don’t feel like they are?
Announcer: Acuvue Oasis brand; see what could be.
OK! focus on the last two sentences. what do they mean? Are they “hun, because I don’t feel like they are?” Seems an arbitrary and unnecessary negation especially for a commercial…
Is it negating (or questioning) the statement that “the brand eye doctors trust most for comfort” or that “get your money back guaranteed”?
It’s been years since I wore contacts, but yes, it’s “in” as opposed to “on”. So it’s a strange usage (“on” vs. “in”) and a slightly weird pronunciation. I can easily see how someone would mistake it for “hun”.
I’ve always referred to them as “in”, not “on”. I’m definitely hearing “on” in the commercial.
(I’ve tried that particular type of lens…they have a slight ‘goo’ feel to me, though I think they might be really, really nice if you spend a lot of time in dry environments.)
I’ve been wearing them for years, and yeah, they pretty much do make you (at least me) forget that they’re on. I wear them comfortably non-stop for two weeks and usually only remove them if they get scratchy. My eye doctor has given up trying to get me to stop–after many years of wearing them he can find zero ill effects. Apparently I have eyes of iron to make up for the fact that I’m blind as a bat without my contacts.
And yeah, I say “in” as well. I also call them “my eyes,” as in “I need to go put my eyes in.” Anybody else do that?
Am I the only one wondering why she was wearing contacts in the first place? I mean…if they always itch, are uncomfortable, etc…, why didn’t she switch back to glasses? I don’t know many people that would keep up with that anoyance for more than a couple days, to see if it goes away, before ditching contacts.
It makes sense if she’s really nearsighted. I am, and I pretty much can’t wear glasses. They’re so thick that they make everything look really small, they give me a headache, and it’s basically impossible to make any that don’t look hideous. I’m fortunate that contacts never gave me any trouble, but I would definitely put up with a bit of discomfort if I had to (as long as it wasn’t harming my eyes) to wear them instead of glasses.
