topic Re: Beatle. in Selling

Beatle.

stuartvw — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 07:11:44 GMT

Dear clothing and jewellery sellers:

The insect is beetle not beatle.

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zelly888 — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 07:14:08 GMT

The Beatles were a band weren't they?

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bettyboopsadaisy — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 07:22:47 GMT

Yes they were but if you have an insect brooch you would not say you have a 'Beatle' brooch, would you ??

I am often amazed at the poor spelling I see on ebay listings !

Its a shame because if the mistake is in the title of the listing, that could seriously reduce the exposure of the item to prospective buyers (who presumably are better spellers than the seller !!).

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chrisco62 — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 07:32:31 GMT

when you say brooch do you mean broach?.

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phorum_junkie* — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 07:41:45 GMT

Well I am old enough to remember going to a Beatles concert in their early days of fame and I definitely had a Beatles brooch

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maranock — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 07:50:35 GMT

With one immigrant parent who is getting older and less 'with it' but who still loves to use eBay It find it a bit rude to assume that everyone has a good grasp of English and who can't be forgiven for small mistakes.

There are many people here who try their best but don't have English as their first language, are new to computers and typing, have a disability like dyslexia, sometimes make a mistake while typing quickly, or who are just human so I feel that more people should be a bit more tolerant of mistakes and grammatical and spelling errors.

I realise that they might be losing viewers with mistakes but it is not the end of the world.

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zelly888 — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 07:51:52 GMT

It is brooch,as broach is to suggest something for the first time.

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imastawka — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 07:59:57 GMT

@phorum_junkie* wrote:
Well I am old enough to remember going to a Beatles concert in their early days of fame and I definitely had a Beatles brooch

Festival (Festering) Hall 16th June 1964 Section 5 seat Q5 - Still got the ticket - framed.

Sad ain't it

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chrisco62 — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 08:02:35 GMT

I stand corrected English is my fourth language and I can,t type.

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zelly888 — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 08:04:17 GMT

Well I can understand you perfectly

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phorum_junkie* — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 15:14:41 GMT

I saw them here in England in my home town and have to admit that while I enjoyed the perfotmance I preferred the Stones and the Kinks lol.

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*crikey*mate* — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 19:07:38 GMT

@imastawka wrote:
@phorum_junkie* wrote:
Well I am old enough to remember going to a Beatles concert in their early days of fame and I definitely had a Beatles brooch

Festival (Festering) Hall 16th June 1964 Section 5 seat Q5 - Still got the ticket - framed.

Sad ain't it

I remember Festival Hall - I saw Split Enz there for their final tour - was a whipper snapper tho.

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kustomizer99 — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 11:33:15 GMT

@phorum_junkie* wrote:
I saw them here in England in my home town and have to admit that while I enjoyed the perfotmance I preferred the Stones and the Kinks lol.

Wow, imagine seeing those bands in their heyday! That's awesome, nice one Phorum!

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stuartvw — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 09:54:09 GMT

Hi all. I wasn't expecting this to be explored in the way it has, but it has been interesting. Have you all noticed the number of VW "Beatles" being sold?

I was not, however, criticising, merely pointing out.

What I do hate and criticise, nevertheless, is commercial products with instructions obviously produced by a translation program. They usually incomprehensible and frankly, taking a laugh.

P.S. Saw the Beatles myself at Centennial Hall in Adelaide.