Meaningless product descriptions

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GregP Sep 2012 7:46am, 27 Sep 2012 62,899 posts	0 GregP I wonder what on earth it means. If anything.
Maclennane Sep 2012 7:49am, 27 Sep 2012 18,852 posts	0 Maclennane Trouble at t'mill.
ChrisHB Sep 2012 10:01pm, 29 Sep 2012 7,949 posts	0 ChrisHB "Let's make excellent happen" (New Balance). At first sight, just one more meaningless slogan pretending that an adjective is a noun from a sportswear manufacturer - except there's an unfortunate disparity between the notions of causation ("make") and chance ("happen").
McGoohan Sep 2012 10:52pm, 29 Sep 2012 6,381 posts	0 McGoohan Is it to be said in a Yorkshire accent I wonder? "Let's make excellent, 'appen"
Red Squirrel Sep 2012 11:00pm, 29 Sep 2012 3,219 posts	0 Red Squirrel That's exactly what I was thinking McGoohan
Red Squirrel Sep 2012 11:04pm, 29 Sep 2012 3,220 posts	0 Red Squirrel Then I over-thought the even worse use of grammar in the Yorkshire option and decided as it was an invitation: "Let us make excellent happen ..." the answer just needs to be "No, because you're so shit at grammar, you're probably shit at making shoes too."
Velociraptor Sep 2012 11:11pm, 29 Sep 2012 21,756 posts	0 Velociraptor Aw, c'mon. The people of Flimby don't have English as their first language. They're doing their best, bless 'em.
ChrisHB Sep 2012 11:14pm, 29 Sep 2012 7,953 posts	0 ChrisHB Are Yorkshiremen not traditionally parsimonious? Thus, saving letters, ink, breath etc, it's short for "Let's make excellent shoes, 'appen."
Red Squirrel Sep 2012 11:40pm, 29 Sep 2012 3,224 posts	0 Red Squirrel Hmmm ... there's something wrong with that sentence but I'm not articulate enough to explain why I think so. I'll try. You can say 'appen I would, or 'appen I do meaning it's a possibility or even a reality but to append it on to the end of that sentence isn't right. It's the 'let's' that's messing it up. Perhaps they need a separate campaign in Yorkshire - 'appen we make excellent (shoes)
Dvorak Sep 2012 12:14am, 30 Sep 2012 5,690 posts	0 Dvorak "Let's make excellence occur" ? "What's occuring? More excellence"