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Old 26-10-2016, 15:35
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I really don't know how to make it any clearer to you how stupid your statements are so I give up
Likewise. It's obvious what the adverts mean. They're designed to sell a product to a consumer, so to a consumer of course a product on sale for £4 is better than £5.
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Old 26-10-2016, 15:40
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One less crap advert no more to pollute our TV screens...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37773576
Good riddance to bad rubbish. Oh, and can they extend the ban to any other ad that uses "amazing", which is now so overused that it's lost any real meaning.
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Old 26-10-2016, 16:10
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I don't think it was a point about the mathematics of the claim, it was in the use of the comparative "better than" when it would be more grammatically correct to have used "lower than" or "less than" in the statement.

To use "better" requires the presumption that "lower = better" which in general terms of pricing it is (from the consumer point of view at least)*, so the advert is correct in the context and it is just a nit pick.

*Although it does also assume that the only quality used in assessing the product is the purchase price. If they've halved the price and reduced the quality by two thirds and dropped the guarantee period by 80% and dropped the free delivery (for e.g.) then it's not as easy to decide if it is a "better" deal after all.

To be honest, it's not as bad as statements such as "some items up to half price" - which conveys no real information at all. You might find a bargain, you might not, depends how many "some" are and just how close "up to" actually comes to half price.
have it your way, after all it's your language, I'm only borrowing it. but you really shouldn't be surprise that English isn't used as the language of International Diplomacy
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Old 26-10-2016, 17:01
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have it your way, after all it's your language, I'm only borrowing it. but you really shouldn't be surprise that English isn't used as the language of International Diplomacy
Don't worry, us natives wreck it on a daily basis, with regional dialect and slang. It's only as a dyslexic I force myself to try and make sense of the rules as much as I can and from getting over critical on my own work I can eventually spot things other do that isn't completely correct at times too.

Other times I scribble a note in my work pad, and read it the next day and realise that out of the five words I've written two are spelt wrong and two are completely the wrong word.

And I do think French is much better for diplomacy, but their grammar controls are even more stringent - English doesn't have as much of that masculine/feminine stuff to worry about. But then it was the French who invented "foire aux questions" because they couldn't bring themselves to admit FAQ was based on an English phrase.
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Old 26-10-2016, 17:31
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Don't worry, us natives wreck it on a daily basis, with regional dialect and slang. It's only as a dyslexic I force myself to try and make sense of the rules as much as I can and from getting over critical on my own work I can eventually spot things other do that isn't completely correct at times too.

Other times I scribble a note in my work pad, and read it the next day and realise that out of the five words I've written two are spelt wrong and two are completely the wrong word.

And I do think French is much better for diplomacy, but their grammar controls are even more stringent - English doesn't have as much of that masculine/feminine stuff to worry about. But then it was the French who invented "foire aux questions" because they couldn't bring themselves to admit FAQ was based on an English phrase.
Vive L'Académie Française
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Old 26-10-2016, 18:50
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Good riddance to bad rubbish. Oh, and can they extend the ban to any other ad that uses "amazing", which is now so overused that it's lost any real meaning.
TV adverts are design to amuse and attract the lowest possible denominator of human intelligence. When one considers the level of intelligence of people they employ at advertising agencies to compose these adverts is it no surprise who they design them for.

Just look at those TV adverts and pity those poor souls in the advert agencies and the companies who consider these adverts are wonderful.
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Old 26-10-2016, 19:20
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Nationwide - end of contest.
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Old 26-10-2016, 20:14
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Nationwide - end of contest.
They are so annoying

Do they really think those adverts are really going to make to get a mortgage at Nationwide
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Old 26-10-2016, 20:46
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An advert for the TV series Humans, which says 'if you had the power to create life, would you?'. Errr.. I do have the power, and so do most people


Also, Pantene: 'strong is beautiful'... For example a strong smell of egg?
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Old 26-10-2016, 20:49
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Nivea Q10 'Visibly weduwses the appeawance of winkews' 'Your ant-winkew secwet'. Hate her diction.
Bensons for Bed 'Lucky, lucky me' Hate that song!!!
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Old 26-10-2016, 22:56
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When one considers the level of intelligence of people they employ at advertising agencies to compose these adverts is it no surprise who they design them for.

Just look at those TV adverts and pity those poor souls in the advert agencies and the companies who consider these adverts are wonderful.
Some of them are very intelligent (I'm the mother of one such), and the frustration felt by copywriters when being dictated to by the client on what they want can be very wearing.
I have known a team refuse to make an ad according to clients more extreme wishes.
Some of the voice-overs though ....ugh!

They are so annoying

Do they really think those adverts are really going to make to get a mortgage at Nationwide
No TV ad would make me take out a mortgage, but I do like the one about 'This place is ours' - it's full of nostalgia when you listen to the words ...don't like the others though.

Nivea Q10 'Visibly weduwses the appeawance of winkews' 'Your ant-winkew secwet'. Hate her diction.
Bensons for Bed 'Lucky, lucky me' Hate that song!!!
There's some dreadful diction around now - started with that dreadful AQI, and then we got young women with croaky throat voices and nasal tones, then a trend of emphasising what are usually soft toned letters in the middle of words such as Garden, Bottle, Carton, etc., and now we have people missing out the 'T' in words no matter what part of the country they hail from.
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Old 27-10-2016, 00:39
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The Colgate cooking challenge advert...v.poor
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Old 27-10-2016, 02:59
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I'm not a violent person but I would gladly punch that yogurt off her smug nose
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Old 27-10-2016, 05:47
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Bensons for Bed 'Lucky, lucky me' Hate that song!!![/quote]

THIS! I saw an extended version of this ad the other day, the drippy song droned on for what seemed like hours!
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Old 27-10-2016, 06:22
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The ad for Safestyle windows where the woman says "thanks Safestyle."

Why is she thanking them as though they've saved her life, she's just given them her business and money, they should be thanking her
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Old 27-10-2016, 06:54
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The betway advert with the 2 blokes in the life raft. They're in the middle of the ocean in shark infested waters. Out comes a tablet/phone so one of them can put an inplay bet on.

How would he have any form of signal to get online and why wouldn't he send for help?

Would love to see a follow up advert where the guy putting the bet on gets eaten by the sharks but rather than it being just for an advert I genuinely would hope it actually happens in real life and he dies from being eaten alive.
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Old 27-10-2016, 12:49
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"JUST CALL ME MR GREEN LIGHT!"

No, James Corden. I call you something else instead.
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Old 27-10-2016, 23:53
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nicole shirt singer felled on the ground and got yogert on its nose lol
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Old 28-10-2016, 00:20
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Good riddance to bad rubbish. Oh, and can they extend the ban to any other ad that uses "amazing", which is now so overused that it's lost any real meaning.
That advert was just wrong on so many levels.
what she was so "fat" to begin with couldn't even wash her hair..or brush it.
lets hope this is the start of them cracking down a bit more. As you said certain words are so overused its lost all meaning.
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Old 28-10-2016, 00:28
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Any of the new Colman's mustard ads.
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Old 28-10-2016, 01:00
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Nationwide - end of contest.
I agree. Seems to turn up in every other ad break too. I usually mute the sound when it comes on.
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Old 28-10-2016, 03:00
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I agree. Seems to turn up in every other ad break too. I usually mute the sound when it comes on.
i hate the hand gestures of the young bint banging on about her keys
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Old 28-10-2016, 07:55
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The Maltesers ads. Good grief! What were they thinking?
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Old 28-10-2016, 11:07
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The Maltesers ads. Good grief! What were they thinking?
The Maltesers one where the deaf woman tells the "funny" story about her hearing aid. Look, if a dog has eaten it, just buy a new one you daft mare
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Old 28-10-2016, 11:41
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Not really an ad but the trailer on BBC for Junior Bake Off. Nadiya and Allegra sitting at a kitchen table just staring at each other without saying anything, while strange people flit to and fro in front of them. Shamefacedly embarrassing.

And I agree, the Maltesers ads ought to be taken out and shot.
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