Thursday, September 28, 2006

A Minor Irritation

This is bugging me. It's not socio-political. It's nothing that really makes a difference in the world. In fact, I'll admit, it is nothing but petty, verbophilial hair-splitting, but it bugs the holy fucking hell out of me:

On the bag of Pirate's Booty (a relatively healthy cheese puff snack made by Robert's American Gourmet in case you didn't know), there are several thought bubbles coming out of their product logo character, a dashing pirate complete with eyepatch and parrot. The thought bubbles read "Crunchy", "Shiver me timbers", "Yo ho ho", and (here it is) "Thar be good". "Thar be good"? THAT MAKES NO SENSE! Translated into common English, that means "There is good". Unless they are making an abstract statement that there is in fact goodness in the world, that statement is syntactical nonsense. It seems like some sort of variation of "Thar she blows" which isn't even a pirate saying, but a whaler saying.

A message to Robert's American Gourmet: Making delicious healthy snacks is not enough. Read more books, buy a dictionary, and if you don't understand something ask a grownup.

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

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5:12 PM  

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