Now only four nine nine.......

[BarcodeZebra]

Four hundred and ninety nine pounds you bone idle advertising wonk.

When did society become this lazy?

Is anyone else as bugged by this as me? Or am I too far up my own bahoochie?

I loath that too!

The words "hundred" and "thousand" are never used for the price of things, only for the discount. It really grates with me.

BTW, I always picture "bahookie", myself.

loathe, even

Here's pedantic for you:

The Dictionary of the Scots Language Online says:

DSL - SNDS2 BEHOUCHIE, n. Supp.1 Add variants bahoochie , bahookie, behooky.

We're both right.

all those extra syllables are money don't you know

Yes FAQ but they only started being too expensive to use very recently.

I know I'm up myself but OH GOD I hate it.

It's only a matter of time before real people start saying it.... (and please, don't tell me you've already heard it. I might hurl.)

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i hate that.

Not just me then.

Good.

I wonder if it's because they think that four-nine-nine will make people forget the hundreds

I HATE IT TOO.

Almost as much as I detest the '24-7' concept which has crept into so many ads.