Once we finished changing out the water heater yesterday, we took back the defective one and decided to take a stroll through the farmer's market. What I want to know is, how come all the farm fresh things are cheaper than in the supermarket. We picked up some eggs, only brown naturally, and asparagus (only a buck for a nice bunch of thick spears) and fresh crab. We know they were fresh because they were alive and cooking them in front of patrons. You could buy either, but we opted for cooked. Made a delicious dinner. There just is no comparison for crab when it is fresh. I already want to go back and pick up some more.
Oh and it's a bit hard to tell from the picture, but it snowed off and on all day yesterday. Little bursts of snow showers on April 13th. So is this the last time?
Here's something that always irritates me. This is a flyer that was inserted into the English newspaper. But the company who is advertising didn't really think it necessary to have their flyer checked by an English speaker, and thus, the flyer is riddled with errors. Things like "teinted windows" and "save until $5000". I have no idea what kind of employee they need, but I'm pretty sure they don't mean "court". Anyway, it's just insulting to see that the company holds English in such low esteem that they don't even bother to spellcheck. They used the word "therefore" as two words like this: "the refore". Anyway, this place is across the street from our house, so I'm going to drop off the flyer there today with all the errors circled. I'm sure they'll be grateful. (wink)
Once we finished changing out the water heater yesterday, we took back the defective one and decided to take a stroll through the farmer's market. What I want to know is, how come all the farm fresh things are cheaper than in the supermarket. We picked up some eggs, only brown naturally, and asparagus (only a buck for a nice bunch of thick spears) and fresh crab. We know they were fresh because they were alive and cooking them in front of patrons. You could buy either, but we opted for cooked. Made a delicious dinner. There just is no comparison for crab when it is fresh. I already want to go back and pick up some more.
Oh and it's a bit hard to tell from the picture, but it snowed off and on all day yesterday. Little bursts of snow showers on April 13th. So is this the last time?
Here's something that always irritates me. This is a flyer that was inserted into the English newspaper. But the company who is advertising didn't really think it necessary to have their flyer checked by an English speaker, and thus, the flyer is riddled with errors. Things like "teinted windows" and "save until $5000". I have no idea what kind of employee they need, but I'm pretty sure they don't mean "court". Anyway, it's just insulting to see that the company holds English in such low esteem that they don't even bother to spellcheck. They used the word "therefore" as two words like this: "the refore". Anyway, this place is across the street from our house, so I'm going to drop off the flyer there today with all the errors circled. I'm sure they'll be grateful. (wink)
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Dear !!
Je te comprend! Si je devais retourner tous les dépliants et les horribles traductions de l'anglais au français, je n'aurais pas le temps d'aller au travail!!
Can you translate, if you please !
Employee in charge of the yard? I wonder...
The snow yesterday, although it was light and didn't stay on the ground, was depressing. But according to the Environment Canada website this morning, we can expect sunshine all week with gradually increasing temps, reaching 20C by Friday. So, yay! Maybe this was the last bit of snow this season.
Oh the photo of the market produce is beautiful! I think I'll go to the farmer's market here next week-end.
For Dan: I know what you mean. If I had to return all the flyers with horrible translations from English to French I would never have time to go to work.
[my French to English above in and of itself is probably not well done!]
I predict that this will be the last snow. The refore, you can hold court at the farmers market.
Not only where the eggs brown but more than likely cage free and much better for you than the white eggs with the hens stuffed in small cages all of their lives. Ed
Beautiful produce--so nice to see those bright warm colors (no doubt especially against the backdrop of still more snow).
I think it's hard to get too worked up about *French* errors in English, when its a trial to get so many Anglophones (who also apparently hold the language in such low esteem)to care if the spelling's right.
But yah, that's annoying as heck. Maybe they need a proof-reader!
Former proofreader and English teacher here. I don't mess with casual writing, but it drives me crazy to see simple errors in print and on expensive signage. Where are the editors? And don't get me started on apostrophes. I want to put up a billboard with the rules of usage. But that's just me.
Hey, Torn, leave your name with the proofed text. Maybe you'll get another job.
When we made our weekly trip to our local farmer's market this past Saturday, we did price checks. We have been shopping there because of the quality, but we were delightfully surprised to learn that we were saving quite a bit of money on our fresh produce as well!
Your encounter with the English in the add reminded me of the menus at the Asian restaurant yesterday. At the top of many listings was the phrase "come with white rice" (instead of "comes"). One could just hear them saying it.
Haha, you crack me up. Take a picture of the looks on their faces when you do, please.
It snowed here, too.
Cooking crabs always seems unusually cruel to me. Maybe it's just because my birthday is in late June...
Farm produce is cheaper, especially these days, because the cost of gas is so exorbitant and the grocery store produce that was trucked there from California (at least in the US it is, can't say for sure about Canada) burns up an enormous amount of fuel and the cost adds up, even with the grocery store chain's economy of scale.
One of the "green" things to do it to buy local produce. The stuff we have here in the grocery stores is pitiful It's hard to find a nice flavorful vegetable or fruit here in northern Canada in April. God, I can't wait to sit in the bean patch and eat the fresh beans right off the plant!
-Rox
I always shop for produce and eggs at the farmer's market. It is much cheaper than the supermarket, and the stuff is fresher and of a higher quality. Unfortunately, it's only open about six months of the year here.
I love fresh crab! Love the picture, too.
I love the bad translations in Quebec, both English-French and French-English. They drive me crazy too, but there is a certain yokel charm to the whole thing. And since native speakers in both languages tend to have such appalling grammar and spelling, it's kind of hard to believe the translation industry is so over-regulated...
Oh crab. YUM.
I once edited a restaurant menu (without being asked) that was filled with typos. I sent it to them and half-wondered if I might get something back, but I never did.
Ingrates. Or as they might've put it: ingreats.
Are you going to use a red pen? That would work for me.
I love crab as well. We have Dungeness crab here in the PNW and it is my favorite. Crab cakes with fresh crab can't be beat. I used to drive to Westport and go crabbing off of the pier. The fishing license allows a person to catch six adult crabs per day. Sometimes you bring home the limit and other times you go to the local person selling crabs in Westport and purchase them.
I try to by my produce at the local market when I go to shop. We have an egg lady at our local market who must have the worst personality I have ever seen. I have tried many ways to be kind and cheerful to her by approaching her from different angles and never a crack of a smile or any recognition. Her husband is a kind man who interacts with the customers whilst she grumbles a drone under his chanter. I continue to buy eggs from them just to watch her act. ( I probably could find other ways of amusing myself but in a small town, one doesn't have to look far.)
(sigh...) that should be buy.
( I know I hit the "u". ;-)
I know that the 'French-French' are very proud of their language and often refuse to speak English (although they darn well can), but I didn't know that the Canadian-Frenchies seem to hold a disregard towards the English language as well, it seems. Interesting.
Those look like wonderful peppers. It's great that you have access to such fresh produce, even at this time of year.
Working, as I do in retail, when I need a customers name and address and they spell it out (without asking) I generally find that they are teachers. It's just habit for them.
Been away tending to family duties in Idaho for two weeks now, but I'm back! Looking forward to catching up with your site and the rest of the blogosphere! Cheers.
tsk! it would be really tough to buy merchandise from a company that is so careless. it definitely would make me doubt both the quality of their products and their services.
From what I've heard of Quebec in general they have a high and mighty attitude about their French. So the devil may care about English. But as mentioned before me, English grammar has gone down the shitter, anyway. Oy.
You're lucky that the fresh goods at the farmer's market are cheaper than those in the grocery store. Here it is just the opposite.
Oh please - be sure to follow up with us on the reaction you get from delivering the 'corrected' flyer!
Mark :-)
Maybe they can hire you as their "Editor in Chief"? Or is that "Editor-in-Chief"? Asparagus for a buck?! Wow! It boggles my mind when I see it near $3.00.
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