Our Broadband won't be beat on Price
Yuk!!!
Come on Plusnet.
The Word is BEATEN!
Oh and please don't hide behind your Yorkshireness as an excuse. It's just plain awful English.
Come on Plusnet.
The Word is BEATEN!
Oh and please don't hide behind your Yorkshireness as an excuse. It's just plain awful English.
Not very nice of you to immediately think of Yorkshire when you spotted this error 
Word Warrior,
We know this isn't to everyone's taste, it is purely due to the fact that it's a Yorkshire themed campaign.
Personally I can appreciate that this may annoy people who aren't from this neck 'ot woods as its a purely colloquial use of English and isn't intended to be grammatically correct.
We know this isn't to everyone's taste, it is purely due to the fact that it's a Yorkshire themed campaign.
Personally I can appreciate that this may annoy people who aren't from this neck 'ot woods as its a purely colloquial use of English and isn't intended to be grammatically correct.
I totally agree with glloyd.....
In any case, who says that being ungrammatical is a yorkshire trait!!!!!!???????
Your explanation is weak and insulting to us Yorkies.
In any case, who says that being ungrammatical is a yorkshire trait!!!!!!???????
Your explanation is weak and insulting to us Yorkies.
Adam
I am sure that you did not intend any offence.......
As for Yorkshire folk being "thick skinned" , I am also from just down the road and believe that my skin is no thicker than from elsewhere
However, we Yorkshire folk are "forgiving" and I forgive you
I am sure that you did not intend any offence.......
As for Yorkshire folk being "thick skinned" , I am also from just down the road and believe that my skin is no thicker than from elsewhere
However, we Yorkshire folk are "forgiving" and I forgive you
Quote from: _Adam_Walker_ Word Warrior,
We know this isn't to everyone's taste, it is purely due to the fact that it's a Yorkshire themed campaign.
Personally I can appreciate that this may annoy people who aren't from this neck 'ot woods as its a purely colloquial use of English and isn't intended to be grammatically correct.
Just feel it's just a bit too ee by gum, sithee! and it's up there with Apple's "Think Different" (ly) and Asda's "10 items or less" (fewer).
You'll get the Wrath of your famous son Jeremy Clarkson (Doncaster) who maintains that the parody of the atypical Yorkshireman is always done incorrectly by people from outside the ridings. Then again, you'll not hear a Brummie, a scouse, a Yam Yam (Wolverhampton) sound anything like the way they are impersonated. Ç'est la vie.
Me? I'm a swede (North East Corner of Worcestershire)
I guess you're stuck with the ads now that you've paid for 'em given their cost.
Right, I'm off to 'ave a slice of 'ovis, wi' reeeeeeeel butter
cue the colliery band.
No problem guys,
I'll let you know what I've think when I've finished feeding the whippet
On a more serious note, we knew from the off that these ads would not be to everyone's taste, if they do their intended jobs and bring more custom our way then in simple terms they would have worked. I'd be personally offended by adverts or anything else in the media trying to portray a stereotype Yorkshirefolk and yes there is the sound of a colliery band there and references to Yorkshire Terriers and pidgeon fancying but these are all things that are not exclusive to our part of the world.
Adam.
I'll let you know what I've think when I've finished feeding the whippet
On a more serious note, we knew from the off that these ads would not be to everyone's taste, if they do their intended jobs and bring more custom our way then in simple terms they would have worked. I'd be personally offended by adverts or anything else in the media trying to portray a stereotype Yorkshirefolk and yes there is the sound of a colliery band there and references to Yorkshire Terriers and pidgeon fancying but these are all things that are not exclusive to our part of the world.
Adam.
Terriers or nice tasting fattening bars? Had no inkling either used the internet
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Your explanation is weak and insulting to us Yorkies.
In case anyone livin' outside of God's own was wondered what Yorkshire's like......
Adverts are full of stereotypes because it saves time on building character. Surely the point here is that Yorkshire folk have a reputation for being tight careful with their money. The ads are clearly aimed at southerners and play on this idea that Plusnet are cheap give good value for money.
@Adam -- in Lancashire we would say "neck o' th' woods"
Chris
edit: to correct the argot of someone from Hall i' th' Wood !!
@Adam -- in Lancashire we would say "neck o' th' woods"
Chris
edit: to correct the argot of someone from Hall i' th' Wood !!
You know that's exactly what scotland Is all about too
Quote from: _Adam_Walker_ Personally I can appreciate that this may annoy people who aren't from this neck 'ot woods as its a purely colloquial use of English and isn't intended to be grammatically correct.
Quote You know that's exactly what scotland Is all about too
I do, I seem to remember a few different ads from my childhood (was going to say 'when I were a lad' but I think its time to drop that!) for Scottish products that we're promoted in a way that extolled their Scottishness' Irn Bru springs to mind for one. I'm not Scottish and these ads didn't offend me in the slightest (I can imagine on or two Scots may not have been very keen) and I still buy Irn bru even now.
Maybe an outsiders view of Yorkshire isn't what we thought it was.