I fail to understand the substitution of “que” for the perfectly acceptly letter “K,” as in “Masque” and “cheque” - I mean, it looks a little more French that way, but is it actually a word in French? Anyone know?
But worst of all is Shoppe. That’s the stupidest, without a doubt. Absolutely a waste of lettering, unless it’s pronounced “Shoppy.”
Along the lines of false pretension, a friend of mine said that on some soap opera (One Life to Live, perhaps?) the “fancy” restaurant that all the people go to is named “Chez Vous,” which I think is hysterical. I don’t actually think it’s supposed to be funny, though…
At work I had to deal with a shopping area (in the Washington, DC suburbs) called “The Shoppes at Centre Pointe”– a triple play of superfluous e’s. Made us all want to barf.
Can anyone top this with a real place with four or more of these offenses in its name?
(neuroman’s “Suzi’s All Nite EZ Drive Thru Olde Tyme Donut Shoppe” notwithstanding… is that a real place? I sure hope not. But I bet it would have really good doughnuts.)
wring-- I personally would give Grosse Pointe some slack because (if I’m not mistaken) it’s a French name (like many places in the Midwest that were explored by the French), and wasn’t given that name simply to give it a false air of sophistication. (“Gross Point” was probably never under consideration as a name.)
Actually, this one seems pretty legit to me. It was actually named by the French (or their descendants), I believe, back when there were lots of French in the area.
It is a descriptive name meaning, roughly, large point/peak.
See http://www.ci.grosse-pointe-woods.mi.us/history.html
To distinguish non-german establishments. In my fair city, we have the:
Scan Haus (Swedish furniture)
Lithohaus (printing company)
Mail Haus (guess which printing company owns that one?)
and the Cow Haus… not for cows. It’s a bar!
To distinguish non-german establishments. In my fair city, we have the:
Scan Haus (Swedish furniture)
Lithohaus (printing company)
Mail Haus (guess which printing company owns that one?)
and the Cow Haus… not for cows. It’s a bar!
[another hijack]
I went to Bojangles the other day, ordered a Southern Filet Biscuit, fries, and a small Coke (in this part of the country it’s always a coke, no matter what actual drink you want. They put 4 pounds of sugar in the tea too). The “young lady”–I avoid using “stupid twat”–at the counter said, “We don’t have a small drink. We have Medium, Large, and Jumbo.”
Well, I was hungry, so I avoided the obvious “you can’t have a medium unless you have a small” thing, but Jesus Christ on a crutch, Mr. Fast Food Executive, get a grip.
That’s just my opinion, but I’m pretty sure I’m right.
In England, when people go fishing, do they first stop at “Ye Olde Bayte Shoppe”?
The Casa de la Maison House reminds me of The La Brea Tar Pits in L.A. Properly translated, it means “the the tar tar pits.” And Glendale means “valley valley.”
%&#%&@##@*!!!
I used to think Denis Leary was kidding. I walk into the Starbucks in Chapters over by Square One about a month ago and I ask the serving wench for a regular coffee.
Honest to God, this happened.
“We don’t have that size,” she says.
I’m looking at the coffee sizes. There are four sizes of cups stacked right next to the cash, not counting the clear plastic cups they put the ice coffees in. My mind is telling me one must be regular. It was surreal; it was as if she was speaking Martian.
I point at what appears to be the regular coffee. “Uh, I want, uh, like, a regular size, like, a medium, you know.” That was the best I could do.
She says, “Our sizes are blah blah blah blah blah.” Two of them were “Tall” and “grandé” and I don’t remember the others.
I say, “Uh, whichever means `medium’.”
She starts in with “We don’t have that…”
I interrupt, “Miss, I’m sure you’ve been to a Mcdonald’s or a movie theatre. If you have four drink sizes the internationally accepted terms for them are small, medium, large, and extra large. If you have three sizes there’s no extra large. If someone asks for a medium they mean the second largest drink. I’m sure you knew what I meant, so serve me my medium coffee, okay?”
I got my coffee, but with lots of baditude.
The other thing that drives me nuts about Starbucks [HIJACK] is that now when they serve you a Mucho Grande Coffee or whatever the Christ it is they say “Cheers!” It’s a breakfast drink. You don’t say “Bon Appetit!” when you hand someone a NutriGrain bar.[/HIJACK]
[SUPERHIJACK] And has anyone ever notice nowadays that when you have to sign a bank slip or a credit card receipt they ask for your autograph? It’s a SIGNATURE, not an autograph. You’re not collecting it beause I’m a celebrity. [/SUPERHIJACK]
I don’t get it. You got a large size drink in a medium container? Did they make you put your mouth under the dispenser to pour in what wouldn’t fit into the cup?
i did see the Dave Barry column that mentioned that tax for redundant or pointless e’s
but i think it should be $75,000 per e.
so "ye olde __________ shoppe would have to pay an extra $225,000 in taxes.
Here in Savannah, there’s a place called “L’il Chick”. It’s a hole-in-the wall fast food chicken place (no inside dining) and it’s run by a guy who ALWAYS wears one of the those “Johnny Rebel” caps with the Rebel flag on the brim and he has one of those “mountain man from the Oakridge Boys” beards. When he came to my sales office and told me who he was with, I said “What?” He says, “You know, L’il. It’s short for ‘little’. Where are you from, anyway?” I said, "I’ve lived here my entire life and have NEVER used the word ‘L’il’ although I knew it from “L’il Abner”.
Also, on the OP, there was a local beauty shop called, “Ye Olde Beauty Shoppee”. Yes, it had TWO e’s on the end.
