in Waterstone's young readers section today...

[MaryAnnSmotheredinchocolate]

..a sign which said
'Bored of teenage books ?'
I was going to correct it but dh stopped me....

no one outraged ? dh wasn't especially

I am!

You should have changed it. Or told someone.

I'm always saying 'bored of.'

But I wouldn't paste it up in public if I worked in a bookshop.

yes, I should - I might have if on my own !

Was it a printed sign or a hand written one? I think you should email them.

(I think I am guilty of saying it too but would never write it)

printed, probably in store as it was on copying paper -

Which Waterstone's was it? Perhaps another Pedant can pop in tomorrow with a marker and change it on your behalf?

For a bookshop, that is pretty bad really!

Should it be 'Bored with' then ??

Christ, UnderRated, that's restrained.

I vote we march on said Waterstone's with burning effigies of the word 'OF' (can you have an effigy of a word....?) and a grammatically correct chant. Some of us can dress up as red biros, and we can use flashcards as missiles.

Actually, thinking about this, why is it bored with? What is the explanation? I know that is right but I don't know why.

lol WanderingTrolley

why can't you be bored of something?

Yes, should be 'bored with.'

But why?

Not sure why - correct prepositions to use with 'bored' are 'with' and 'by.' Can't think of any others.

Yes, 'with' or 'by'. I need to research this. I think I should know why. But I don't.

I would feel a bit shy about actually challenging them - I wonder whether they'd be embarrassed or just think what the feck I'm fussing about. In my day (ex Waterstone's employee) this would have never happened !

Exactly! How standards are slipping