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AIBU?

Selfridges. I expect more!

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ciele · 18/02/2016 11:27

Trafford Centre Selfridges display a huge sign, STATIONARY. So I stopped stock still as requested and noticed a huge load of STATIONERY for sale.
I know I'm a pedant but this is writ in huge letters in a superior store.
No response from Twitter!
AIBU?

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KC225 · 18/02/2016 11:29

But they have responded and apologised of Twatter though

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Bailey101 · 18/02/2016 11:29

I may be wrong, but do you mean written?

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MackerelOfFact · 18/02/2016 11:31

YANBU. But I also don't think it was actually a writ.

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KinkyAfro · 18/02/2016 11:31

Maybe it was a stop sign to go and look at the stationery?

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EastMidsMummy · 18/02/2016 11:33

Writ? Hah!

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AdrenalineFudge · 18/02/2016 11:33

What does " So I stopped stock still as requested" mean?

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CooPie10 · 18/02/2016 11:35

Maybe proof read your own post before making a fool of yourself.

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LadyIsabellaWrotham · 18/02/2016 11:36

"As writ" is the archaic past participle of "write". It's hugely old fashioned but it's not simple wrong.

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PaulAnkaTheDog · 18/02/2016 11:36

Oh dear, you're not the best pedant when it comes to your own stufff...

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LadyIsabellaWrotham · 18/02/2016 11:38

And obviously my iPhone is sabotaging my own attempts at pedantry.
It's not "simply" wrong.

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EastMidsMummy · 18/02/2016 11:38

Simple wrong? Hah!

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ciele · 18/02/2016 11:39

Writ-past tense of write.
Written to make intelligent people laugh! Have you ever heard of wit?

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PaulAnkaTheDog · 18/02/2016 11:41

Ah! So we aren't intelligent? Nice op. Hmm

My main issue was the 'so I stopped stock' sentence. It doesn't scan well. Perhaps that's just down to my lack of intelligence though...

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MaidOfStars · 18/02/2016 11:45

Was the stationery stationary? In which case, the sign was accurate.

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Bailey101 · 18/02/2016 11:46

You're not Chaucer and this is 2016 - you might want to move with the times and not pretend you're in medieval England.

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CooPie10 · 18/02/2016 11:47

Bailey Grin

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AdrenalineFudge · 18/02/2016 11:49

You're not Chaucer and this is 2016

Grin I will honestly try and shoehorn this statement into a conversation today!

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ciele · 18/02/2016 11:52

Paul...the phrase is ...stock still!
It's not stock...have a breath to think...still Confused

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PaulAnkaTheDog · 18/02/2016 11:53

No, I get that (again) but the whole sentence didn't read well. That's just my unintelligent brain though. Sorry.

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ciele · 18/02/2016 11:55

Of course I'm not Chaucer...but I may name change to it Grin

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jadorecakesnbiscuits · 18/02/2016 11:56

This thread made my head spin

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diddl · 18/02/2016 11:56

As long as you weren't frit at the sight of it wrongly writ, Op.

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DiscoGlitter · 18/02/2016 12:03

YANBU, op. Seeing that would have given me an irrational rage as I'm a massive pedant when it comes to stuff like that.
I'd have taken a photo and put it straight onto Twitter telling them to sort themselves out.
I'm feeling "raaaagh" just thinking about it. Grin

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DiscoGlitter · 18/02/2016 12:04

But they have responded and apologised of Twatter though

Where does the op say that? Confused

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EastMidsMummy · 18/02/2016 12:07

The OP calls it Twit, not Twitter.

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