M&S spelling

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Two mistakes in the one product label? Does anyone know if this would be a fault from the central office or just from the branch?

Oh actually it’s three. I missed petits pois!

I once emailed them because they were selling “bowels” in their kitchenware range. They replied that I was wrong!

On my wedding present list in 1987 I put that I wanted a set of "mixing bowels"
I was a very junior doctor at the time and my dad, who brought it up in his wedding speech used my exhaustion as an excuse for my bad spelling! Caused a lot of laughter at the speech.

A proud pendant here..I have been having gut issues for over a year,so many appointments, endoscopy,now awaiting a colonoscopy. I asked Father Christmas for a new bowel. I didn't get it 😭

Really shocking that the petits pois error is on the packaging. The shelf label managed to get that right.

Central office (used to work there)

@TeenagersAngst - the packaging is correct, shelf wrong.

That's hysterical. I love their commitment to selling bowels.

It's the shelf label that's incorrect, @TeenagersAngst .
Petit pois is 'small pea'; 'small peas' are petits pois.

Actually petits pois is correct - it's the shelf that's wrong.

Now that really IS shocking.

I though petit pois was the correct spelling! I've seen it on other packaging so wonder if it gets used interchangeably (incorrectly).

I really do feel your pain, I’m actually on the sofa with petits pois in my pants!

@TeenagersAngst , it's a French name and the adjective needs to be in agreement with the noun.

@Nannyfannybanny, A proud pendant here.. Are you just hanging around in Pedants' corner?

Yes, on reflection I can see they both need to be plural. Gosh, I am horrified by myself.

No need to be, @TeenagersAngst . I don't see why we need to call them a foreign name anyway.

I have just googled images of petits pois and see that M&S gets it right on their frozen petits pois, Sainsbury’s is also variable, Waitrose and Morrison’s all use the plural.

What is the world coming to?

Do you think there could be some vegetable related office joke going on?

If we're going to be really pedantic... do we think 'Dine in' should be 'Dine-in'?

No.

Spotted in Waitrose the other day: ‘portabella mushrooms’

I just looked in my freezer and Sainsbury's Taste the Difference calls them Petit Pois. It's so bad when you actually think about it because no shop would ever sell a package labelled Garden Pea or Chip for example.

Actually this is a case of Portabella and Portobello both being acceptable spellings for the same variety, according to the Mushroom Council (who knew there was such a thing?)