tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094192455188817050.post3056651503365294762..comments2024-01-18T12:15:22.642+01:00Comments on Around the Wherever: Denglish in ad formaroundthehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06055653945403820182noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094192455188817050.post-29432564015557223982016-01-15T08:36:40.966+01:002016-01-15T08:36:40.966+01:00^(Kind of) fair enough. I was so torqued on how go...^(Kind of) fair enough. I was so torqued on how goofy it sounded if it meant ready for advancement ;) However, the whole concept of being ready for a brand of "advanced" cigarettes made me think, what does that mean? Are the person's lungs blackened enough to fully enjoy the new cigarettes? ;)aroundthehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06055653945403820182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094192455188817050.post-73079818094767072732016-01-14T10:17:48.931+01:002016-01-14T10:17:48.931+01:00I just looked into the ad, and these new fancy cig...I just looked into the ad, and these new fancy cigarettes they're pushing are called "Marlboro Advance." I suppose, then, that the grammar is ok if their point is "[This person on our poster is] ready for Advance [cigarettes]." The rest of the message is probably "And you should be, too!" Arg...Ami im Schwabenlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13148291164062226269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094192455188817050.post-26465646082451403812016-01-14T08:08:11.429+01:002016-01-14T08:08:11.429+01:00I was going to say that the ad company probably _d...I was going to say that the ad company probably _did_ run it past native English speakers - ones who don't actually know or care about proper language usage. Ami im Schwabenlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13148291164062226269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094192455188817050.post-54478359120791066612016-01-12T18:27:15.812+01:002016-01-12T18:27:15.812+01:00Marlboro is an American cigarette brand from the A...Marlboro is an American cigarette brand from the American company Philip Morris International, located in New York. Isn't it highly improbable that this company hasn’t many studied American anglistics who knows the correct prepositions very well? :-)JoSchhttp://gravatar.com/joschhunnoreply@blogger.com