[Ads-l] Verb or typo?

[Jonathan Lighter]

I can recall a time when it was considered very weird to say, "the way to
parent."

Unfortunately, not a typo.

JL

On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 11:06 AM David Barnhart <dbarnhart at highlands.com>
wrote:

> Definitely a verb, especially with the source being advertising
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Oct 15, 2018, at 10:28 AM, Marc Sacks <msacksg at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> > Poster:       Marc Sacks <msacksg at GMAIL.COM>
> > Subject:      Re: Verb or typo?
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> > Probably not a typo. Lately I've been hearing an ad saying "Around here,
> we
> > Honda."
> >
> > This led me to wonder how this would work in other languages:
> >
> > "Nosotros hondamos"?
> > "Wir honden?"
> > "Nous hondons?"
> > "Anu hondenu?"
> > Or how about Latin: "Hondamus", Or, let'ss Honda: "Hondemus!" (Assuming
> > second cojugation, but take your pick.)
> >
> > Marc Sacks
> >
> >> On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 8:57 AM Mark Mandel <mark.a.mandel at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> >> Poster:       Mark Mandel <mark.a.mandel at GMAIL.COM>
> >> Subject:      Verb or typo?
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> >>
> >> Web ad by Walmart:
> >>
> >> Free Grocery Pickup
> >> Change how you grocery and get $10 off your first order.
> >>
> >> Mark
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