[Ads-l] EOTY candidate

[Dan Goncharoff]

I wouldn't be judgemental: "We raised prices, and now customers are buying
less cereal."

On Sat, Dec 23, 2023, 6:21 PM Baker, John <
000014a9c79c3f97-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:

> My translation would be, “The problem is that our customers are smarter
> than we expected.”
>
>
> John Baker
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>
> From: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> On Behalf Of
> Nancy Friedman
> Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2023 6:12 PM
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Re: EOTY candidate
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> Here's another, from a paywalled story in the Minneapolis Star Tribune (I
> found the full text on Reddit). The person who forwarded it to me provided
> a helpful translation: “It's not my fault — it’s those fucking customers.”
>
> >>Distress signals went up in Golden Valley on Wednesday morning: People
> are buying fewer General Mills products. People may continue to buy fewer
> General Mills products.
>
> >>CEO Jeff Harmening chalked up the setback to "stronger-than-anticipated
> value-seeking behaviors" and "a return toward historical price
> elasticities."<<
>
> Nancy Friedman
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> On Sat, Dec 23, 2023, 11:07 AM Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu
> <mailto:laurence.horn at yale.edu>> wrote:
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> > For Euphemism of the Year, or more strictly Most Euphemistic:
> > "Structurally restrictive housing" = 'solitary confinement'
> >
> > This week, a report
> > <
> >
> https://centerforjustice.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/Solitary%20By%20Many%20Other%20Names%20Report%20Final.pdf
> <
> https://centerforjustice.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/Solitary%20By%20Many%20Other%20Names%20Report%20Final.pdf
> >
> > >
> > from
> > Columbia University’s Center for Justice outlined the dangers of solitary
> > confinement, which has been pervasive in the city’s jail system. Despite
> > promises to end it, the report stated, the [NYC] Department of Correction
> > simply rebranded the practice as “structurally restrictive housing.”
> > https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/22/nyregion/new-york-eric-adams.html<
> https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/22/nyregion/new-york-eric-adams.html>
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