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This evening I saw an ad on telly for a cleaning product. (for Aussie Talkbackers, it's for "Easy Off Bam") I do not know who in this world they are aiming their advertising at - I'm assuming though, it must be for the illiterate amongst us - this is an excerpt of what one of the female actors said: "...I sprayed it on and the dirt come off real easy..."
I'd like to know who was paid to come up with THAT little piece of grammatical brilliance! I hope he/she didn't get a Christmas bonus in their pay packet.
If an advertisement makes me really mad, I don't complain to the advertising council (or whatever the industry body is called). I email the firm directly. One particulary bad one was advertising Australian lamb and the actor (actually a dom -dirty old man) made disparaging remarks about Australian women. I emailed the Australian lamb producers and advised them to remember who usually buys lamb for the family. I didn't get a reply but the ad did not come on TV again to my knowledge.
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I'd like to know who was paid to come up with THAT little piece of grammatical brilliance! I hope he/she didn't get a Christmas bonus in their pay packet.