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Q: “What kind of business are you in?”
A: “Sells. I’m a sellsman.”
Photo by Kenn Nesbitt, via e-mail
Wordsploded by Mark
January 25th, 2009 at 7:04 am
Showcasing the best of the worst of the wide world of words
Q: “What kind of business are you in?”
A: “Sells. I’m a sellsman.”
Photo by Kenn Nesbitt, via e-mail
Wordsploded by Mark
January 25th, 2009 at 7:04 am
(4 votes, average: 4.25 out of 5)
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You wouldn’t believe how often I see things “for sell” on craigslist.
rickatnite
25 Jan 09 at 8:23 am
They’ve convinced me. I’m sellded!
Naked Bunny with a Whip
25 Jan 09 at 8:56 am
As a native of Washington state who has moved to East Texas, I can see why someone *might* make this mistake…
Some with strong accents pronounce “sell” as “say’l” (which sounds like “sale”), making the two words homophones.
Along the same lines, I talked with a woman who said a colleague went to work in (what I heard as) “Wales.” I thought she was talking about a part of the British Empire but really it was just a small town around here named “Wells.”
Tye Power
25 Jan 09 at 3:10 pm
No, my still is not for sell!
bob
25 Jan 09 at 11:58 pm
Judging by the capitalization of every word except “a” and “for”, maybe this is the title of the piece of artwork hanging above it, which would make it almost correct.
Done on canvas in watercolor, I call my next piece:
Previously Shown Artwork Is Still for Sell!
Mark
26 Jan 09 at 12:16 pm