Mindless gibberish of a tired mind

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Misuse or creative use of language.

For some reason this really pisses me off.

Basicly it is the use of language to sell crap by discribing it unjustly. Now i know that in general advertising is there to big up a product but there are limits to what i will put up with.

An example:

1) Mcdonalds: The New chicken legend.

For starters this is a complete misnomer, how can somthing be New and a Legend? By its very definition a legend is somthing old.

leg·end (lĕj'ənd) n.
An unverified story handed down from earlier times, especially one popularly believed to be historical.
A body or collection of such stories.
A romanticized or popularized myth of modern times.

2) Sign seen on the back of a car: Have you ever considerd that god is a fact.

Huh!!

fact (făkt) n.
Knowledge or information based on real occurrences
Something demonstrated to exist or known to have existed: Genetic engineering is now a fact. That Chaucer was a real person is an undisputed fact.
A real occurrence; an event: had to prove the facts of the case.

Did i miss somthing, Has someone proved god exists?

3) The use of the word guaranteed in any advertising:

guaranteed adj
Definition: made certain

One thing i have learnt in life is that nothing is guaranteed.

- posted by J @ 18:14