Author Topic: What does "for sell" actually mean? (Read 10125 times)

Denis · « **on:** July 09, 2018, 12:15:09 PM »

" I have this motorcycle for sell."
or
"I want to sale my motorcycle."

What do these things mean? I started noticing these statements a few years ago and now I see them all over the place.

The statements really are:

"I have this motorcycle for sale".
and
"I want to sell my motorcycle."

Rant over.

oilhed · « **Reply #1 on:** July 09, 2018, 01:14:18 PM »

Quote from: Denis on July 09, 2018, 12:15:09 PM

" I have this motorcycle for sell."
or
"I want to sale my motorcycle."

What do these things mean?

I think that's what happens when a computer translates to english for you.... :Beating_A_Dead_Hors e_by_liviu

RinkRat II · « **Reply #2 on:** July 09, 2018, 01:22:32 PM »

Public education system.

Paul B

Lannis · « **Reply #3 on:** July 09, 2018, 01:54:44 PM »

Quote from: oilhed on July 09, 2018, 01:14:18 PM

I think that's what happens when a computer translates to english for you.... :Beating_A_Dead_Hors e_by_liviu

Or it's simply that the computer recognizes the word and doesn't reject it for spelling ....

People get to depending on spell-checkers and type-aheads, just like they do on GPS and soon will on lane-holding cameras, and it all goes to pieces ... and for the same reason.

Lannis

Wildguzzi.com · « **Reply #3 on:** July 09, 2018, 01:54:44 PM »

LowRyter · « **Reply #4 on:** July 09, 2018, 02:09:39 PM »

simple typos.

I live in that glass house. Vision issues don't help.

Bisbonian · « **Reply #5 on:** July 09, 2018, 02:20:11 PM »

I don't think they are all simple typos.
A few years back I helped out with a bake sale for my organization.
We had large, hand printed, signs all around. Each of them had "Bake Sell" written on them. I supposed at the time that this was just a regional thing; having moved to Arizona from the Midwest I've found that there are a lot of times people have no idea what I'm talking about.

Lannis · « **Reply #6 on:** July 09, 2018, 02:25:36 PM »

Quote from: Bisbonian on July 09, 2018, 02:20:11 PM

I don't think they are all simple typos.
A few years back I helped out with a bake sale for my organization.
We had large, hand printed, signs all around. Each of them had "Bake Sell" written on them. I supposed at the time that this was just a regional thing; having moved to Arizona from the Midwest I've found that there are a lot of times people have no idea what I'm talking about.

A local real estate company had quite a few metal signs made (obviously at some expense) advertising that "1 to 2 Acre Tracks" were for sale in their new housing development.

The real estate company and the sign maker probably didn't make the same "typo" .....

Lannis

craigclu · « **Reply #7 on:** July 09, 2018, 02:55:47 PM »

That damn auto-correct is my worst enema...

oldbike54 · « **Reply #8 on:** July 09, 2018, 03:52:51 PM »

Quote from: craigclu on July 09, 2018, 02:55:47 PM

That damn auto-correct is my worst enema...

Meh , I've seen Macooney and ebdleborck , sell and sale are no big deal .

Dusty

jwinwi · « **Reply #9 on:** July 09, 2018, 04:16:10 PM »

Like Willie and Merle said: 'It's All Going To Pot.'

antmanbee · « **Reply #10 on:** July 09, 2018, 05:29:23 PM »

My breaks are very quite and they stop real good.

Guzzistajohn · « **Reply #11 on:** July 09, 2018, 05:46:22 PM »

"I have this motorcycle for sale".
and
"I want to sell my motorcycle."

Again, a no shit button would be handy next to the like button.

AJ Huff · « **Reply #12 on:** July 09, 2018, 05:56:51 PM »

That's standard English in the corner of TN/NC/GA I lived in. Not typos. People say it out loud, not just in print. So I say it has a regional context.

-AJ

AJ Huff · « **Reply #13 on:** July 09, 2018, 05:58:52 PM »

I also remember it from when I lived in the Piedmont are of SC.

-AJ

guzzisteve · « **Reply #14 on:** July 09, 2018, 06:25:39 PM »

I didn't raise them kids, you did.
Kinda like me coming to work at a shop and see a guy w/bib & gloves on wrenchin. Is he going to do dishes?

pete roper · « **Reply #15 on:** July 09, 2018, 07:05:50 PM »

What it means is the education system is stuffed!

Shorty · « **Reply #16 on:** July 09, 2018, 07:35:33 PM »

It means they are from Sand Springs.......

cloudbase · « **Reply #17 on:** July 09, 2018, 08:02:41 PM »

(You knew it was coming.)

LowRyter · « **Reply #18 on:** July 09, 2018, 08:03:49 PM »

I am a Cardinal fan...............

Turin · « **Reply #19 on:** July 09, 2018, 08:48:05 PM »

Being I the asphalt industry, I have my favorites...

oldbike54 · « **Reply #20 on:** July 09, 2018, 09:12:56 PM »

^^^Seems the first picture explains the second picture

Dusty

nc43bsa · « **Reply #21 on:** July 09, 2018, 10:18:17 PM »

"brake" - "break"

"sale" - "sell"

"their" - "they're"

My guess is that a sizable portion of internet users either don't know the difference or they don't care which one is correct.

Lannis · « **Reply #22 on:** July 09, 2018, 10:43:54 PM »

Quote from: nc43bsa on July 09, 2018, 10:18:17 PM

"brake" - "break"

"sale" - "sell"

"their" - "they're"

My guess is that a sizable portion of internet users either don't know the difference or they don't care which one is correct.

"pour" - "pore"

"stationary" - "stationery"

"marque" - "marquee"

"complement" - "compliment"

"tract" - "track"

"its" - "it's"

"alright" - "all right"

and anytime anyone tries to sound cool, urban, and hip by changing an "s" to a "z" .....

John Croucher · « **Reply #23 on:** July 09, 2018, 10:46:04 PM »

I want two no all so.

I thought it meant, call me, text me, e-mail me with unsolicited offers, ask me 100 questions, offer to trade for something, ask for better pictures, more details and then tell you they are just curious and not buying anything.

Last week I had a person contact me regarding a motorcycle I have for sale. After a few e-mail exchanges he solicited me to go to his web site and buy a vehicle history report. I sent him a message back that I was actually trying to get the motorcycle out of a storage unit before the next month rent was due and would give it away. He ask for an address. I gave him an address that does not exist between my house and the neighbors. A couple of hours later a car drove by the house several times both directions.

Daleroso · « **Reply #24 on:** July 09, 2018, 11:22:56 PM »

It's not just TN/NC/GA AJ. It's the public school system & a lowering of standards across society. Ever see e-mails & texts fm mgmt & executives with lousy grammar, spelling & punctuation? After questioning several of them fm dif sources & locations & being told the same thing I stopped. "You know what it meant." Most often with a condescending or threatening tone.
I ain't perfect. Sometimes it's flustrating two. I could care less & FYI my birfday is on Valentimes day.

Lannis · « **Reply #25 on:** July 09, 2018, 11:31:10 PM »

Quote from: Daleroso on July 09, 2018, 11:22:56 PM

It's not just TN/NC/GA AJ. It's the public school system & a lowering of standards across society. Ever see e-mails & texts fm mgmt & executives with lousy grammar, spelling & punctuation? After questioning several of them fm dif sources & locations & being told the same thing I stopped. "You know what it meant." Most often with a condescending or threatening tone.
I ain't perfect. Sometimes it's flustrating two. I could care less & FYI my birfday is on Valentimes day.

And I suppose that the language actually changes and morphs a bit as time goes on ... it can make it more efficient and easier to understand in some ways.

For example "Flustrating" is a good word that will probably replace "frustrating" and "flustered" some day, and we'll have to look in the dictionary to see where it came from .... !

Lannis

Pizza Guzzi · « **Reply #26 on:** July 09, 2018, 11:38:08 PM »

Incorrect grammar is something up with which I shall not put !

Glenn

Daleroso · « **Reply #27 on:** July 09, 2018, 11:41:33 PM »

Yeah.....happy it does not me make!

oldbike54 · « **Reply #28 on:** July 09, 2018, 11:47:15 PM »

My niece bought two tutus which was two too many to put in her closet .

Dusty

Tom H · « **Reply #29 on:** July 10, 2018, 12:07:44 AM »

On grammar,

I'm not always good at it much less spelling. But... at my work I was working via email with a guy in Germany doing his best to type in english. He did very good!! I just thought it was funny where he put the verbs. Then I remembered that many times the verb is at or near the end in german.

More on topic. I would like to SELL my bike, so I do have a bike for Sale if your interested. To twist it a bit, The bike is FOR SALE, but it is not on SALE at a discount. Full price is required.

Tom

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